Big changes can happen during adolescence and young adulthood. NAMI recently stated that one in four college-aged students have a diagnosable mental illness, but less than half seek professional help. This gap happens for a number of reasons including stigma, fear of being labeled, and not being aware of the help that’s out there.
If you’re looking for basic public health information about mental health, look no further than the Center For Disease Control’s (CDC) Mental Health page. This website provides users with a good starting point for learning about mental health. This page gives: a definition of mental health indicators of mental health data and statistics on … Continue reading Numbers, Data, and Statistics
An article through NPR has combined some recent research on how schools can help to nurture students’ mental health rather than making it more difficult for adolescents. Here are some of the suggestions they had:
The star of the hit show “Supernatural”, Jared Padalecki, recently opened up about his personal struggle with depression with the launch of his Represent.com t-shirt.
Time to Change is a social movement across England to try and change the way the nation thinks and acts about mental health.
An awesome article by Buzzfeed was published about what depression actually looks like. We think it’s important to understand that depression is a universal thing, meaning that it can affect ANYONE. Often, depression and anxiety are portrayed with sad, gloomy, black & white pictures- which is not always the case. In fact, people experiencing depression, anxiety, … Continue reading What Depression Really Looks Like
