The Mental Health Initiative (MHI)
What You Need To Know About Mental Health:
People who are mentally healthy tend to have more control over their emotions and behaviors. They are able to handle life’s stressors, build positive relationships, and lead productive, fulfilling lives. When adversity strikes they are able to perserver and reestablish themselves. However, the issue is that many people neglect their mental health until it is too late. Just as physical health requires maintenance, mental health does as well. In fact, mental health can influence your physical health either positively or negatively.
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Mental Health Tips:
Build Confidence: Identify your abilities and weaknesses together, accept them build on them and do the best with what you have.Eat right, Keep fit: A balanced diet, exercise and rest can help you to reduce stress and enjoy life.Make Time for Family and Friends: These relationships need to be nurtured; if taken for granted they will not be there to share life's joys and sorrows.Give and Accept Support: Friends and family relationships thrive when they are "put to the test".
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC):Mental illnesses are as disabling as cancer or heart disease in terms of deaths and lost productivity. Mental illnesses are common in the United States: 1 in 2 Americans have a diagnosable mental illness each year. Including 44 million adults and 13.7 million children. Of those with a diagnosable mental illnesses... Fewer than half of adults get help. Only one-third of children get help
National Alcohol Awarness Month
Alcohol Awareness Month, held every April, was founded by and has been sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) since 1987 to increase public awareness and understanding aimed at reducing the stigma associated with alcoholism that too often prevents individuals and families from seeking help.
More than 18 million individuals or 8.5% of Americans suffer from alcohol-use disorders. In addition, there are countless millions of individuals, family members and children who experience the devastating effects of the alcohol problem of someone in their life. In fact, 25% percent of U.S. children have been exposed to alcohol-use disorders in their family.
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