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Mental Illness Awareness Week coming up!

Mental Illness Awareness Week takes place starting this coming Sunday, October 4th until October 10th. National Depression Screening day is October 8th and World Mental Health Day is October 10th. This year, MHA will highlight Mental Illness Awareness Week through ‘7...

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Suicide Prevention

*Content Warning: self-harm, suicide, mental health* *If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) or Text the Crisis Text Line (741741)* Good Morning, During Covid-19, it’s important to take care of our...

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Native and Indigenous Mental Health

Native and Indigenous Mental Health

This week’s Wellness Wednesday will focus on Native & Indigenous Mental Health. This group faces unique mental health challenges that are rooted in historical trauma and continued oppression such as colonization, boarding school systems, and limited access...

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APIDA Mental Health

APIDA Mental Health

This week’s Wellness Wednesday focuses on Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) Mental Health. It’s important to recognize (and consider when addressing mental health) that this community encompasses a wide range of countries, ethnicities, nationalities,...

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LatinX Mental Health

LatinX Mental Health

This week’s Wellness Wednesday focuses on Hispanic/Latinx Mental Health. For the Hispanic/Latinx community, mental health and mental illnesses may be stigmatized topics that can result in suffering in silence. Additionally, the community faces unique institutional and...

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BIPOC Mental Health

BIPOC Mental Health

July is BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) Mental Health Month which serves to bring awareness to the unique challenges that marginalized groups face when it comes to their mental health. BIPOC are often faced with years, even generations, of trauma and...

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LGBTQIA+ Mental Health

I wanted to focus this week’s blog around LGBTQIA+ mental health. The month of June marks Pride Month and it’s important to bring attention to the community’s mental health. Unfortunately, stigma and other factors highly affect the wellbeing and mental health of the...

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Social Wellness

Social Wellness

Continuing our 9 Dimensions of Wellness Series, this week we focus on Social Wellness! Visit the National Institutes of Health website for more information and a toolkit! By Gustavo Molinar, Mental Health Literacy Specialist at Mental Health America of Greater...

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Financial Wellness

Financial Wellness

This week, we’re focusing on our financial wellness! What does that mean? formed how and where you money goes is important to avoid overspending Setting short-and long-term goals regarding your spending may achieve better financial success. Creating and maintaining a...

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