21 Ways To Be Kind To Our Mental Health
September 05, 2018
Research indicates that those who consistently help other people experience less depression, greater calm, fewer pains and better health. They may even live longer.
10 Student Leaders Changing Mental Health on Campus
By Kelly Davis, MHA Director of Peer Advocacy, Supports, and Services
Mental Health America (MHA) is proud to announce the members of its 2018-2019 Collegiate Mental Health Innovation Council (CMHIC). CMHIC is dedicated to highlighting students who have created programs that fill gaps in traditional services and supports on their campuses.
Going Back to School Doesn’t Have to Be Hard
By Theresa Nguyen, MHA Vice President of Policy and Programs
Most children love summers. But for children with mental health problems, the summer time doesn’t just signal fun in the sun. For these children, summer time is a time of emotional and physical relief. Which is why going back to school is so hard.
Sleep Deprivation: The Effects on Mind and Body
July 30, 2018
When building a healthy lifestyle, the importance of adequate sleep cannot be stressed enough. Both mind and body need rest to function at peak efficiency. Without it, your mental, emotional, and physical health suffer, potentially pushing you further away from your personal goals. When you sleep, you give your body the time it needs to cleanse, stabilize, and heal itself.
To Be the Child of an Immigrant
July is Minority Mental Health Month, and there have been many articles published providing insight into the cultural complications of mental health for people of color.
Mike Veny’s Story... His Way
By Mike Veny
Identity
"Who am I?" This is a question I silently ask myself right before I meditate each day. Despite my persistence, life hasn't provided me with any clear answers about who I am.
However, I've begun to detect some of the components of my identity.
Confronting the Workplace Bully
July 12, 2018
Bullying is often considered something we think about when recalling moments from our childhood. We automatically turn to the experiences of youth in middle school or high school. But as adults we also experience bullying, and despite a change in environment and age, the look and feel of the bully is the same. They are individuals that have been given, and have assumed, the power to decide if you will be rewarded as an insider or mistreated as the outsider.
What to Do When Your (South Asian) Parents Don’t Understand Your Mental Health
July 06, 2018
This article was originally written with a South Asian audience in mind and was originally published in the March 2018 issue of Young Minds, a periodical e-magazine produced by Young Jains of America (YJA). All content is reproduced and modified with permission. You can access the original article here.
3 Less-Known Reasons Why Men Don’t Talk about Mental Health
June 29, 2018
This post was informed in part by the Man Therapy campaign, which was developed through the work of Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas and others. It is incorporated here with permission.
Why We’re Celebrating the Passage of HR 6082 and the Promise of Better Health and Behavioral Health Integration
June 27, 2018
If you’ve talked to anyone at Mental Health America (MHA) in the past few years about our goal to achieve better health and behavioral care integration, chances are you’ve heard an earful about an impediment called “42 CFR Part 2.”
That may not be the case much longer.
42 CFR Pt. 2 is an archaic federal regulation that dates to the early 1970s – when all health records were on pieces of paper and there were few legal protections against discrimination because of a substance use disorder.