May 2024
Mental Health Awareness Month!
As our society struggles with increasing gun violence,mental health advocates are finding creative and effective ways to raise awareness of the critical role that mental health plays in our societal sense of safety and well-being.
What’s true for the general public is particularly true for young people who face the risk of firearm violence in their schools and communities. There is growing consensus that young people themselves, teachers, mental health care professionals, pediatricians and parents, all can and must work together. We did a 25 minute roundtable with young people exploring their thoughts. More advocates for mental health recorded interviews for us.
Timely mental health treatment is one vital deterrent to the epidemic of gun suicide and violence sweeping this country.
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES:
www.988lifeline.org/help-yourself/youth:
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. A ton of information that is applicable to more broad mental health needs, including links to resources for LGBTQiA+ teens.
The Child Mind Institute is a leading independent nonprofit in children’s mental health dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders.