[…] about mental health issues in the Black community and take it right on up to the pulpit. From the trauma of racism to the alarming increase in suicide among Black youth and the stigma that stands in the way of life-saving mental health awareness and support, these messengers of hope are raising their voices […]
Depression & Anxiety: Mental Health Advocate Goes Viral Content note: This video includes a frank discussion of suicide. Lauren walked into high school and a world of bullying. Living with undiagnosed anxiety and depression, she found herself emotionally reeling. Lauren had recently found an escape in her online makeup videos. Channeling her pain, she […]
College, Community, and Surviving Loss When a close friend died by suicide, Richard Dixon struggled through the grief. Talking about the loss was challenging among his Black/African Ancestry friends and his fraternity brothers. To break the stigma and the silence, Richard created a series of mental health awareness events at his college and helped […]
Letter to Congressional Leadership, expressing support for H.R. 586, the Suicide Training and Awareness Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention (STANDUP) Act, which would expand suicide awareness and prevention training for grades six through twelve.
Letter expressing support for the DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act (H.R. 2577/S. 1137), which would enable the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide officers and agents with mental health resources, reduce stigma, and help prevent suicide.
[…] Department of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, please visit bja.ojp.gov. 00:37:39:13 – 00:38:00:24 Hannah And if you or a loved one are experiencing an immediate suicide, substance use or mental health crisis, please call or text 988 to speak with a trained support specialist or visit 988lifeline.org. To learn how NAMI's engaged […]
[…] is deeply grateful for today’s announcement that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking critical steps to revise its processes to ensure every caller to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline gets connected to the nearest call center. No matter where someone finds themselves in a crisis, they need to be connected to local […]
[…] also spoke at NAMI’s 2012 National Convention.) Just last week, Graham Moore stood in front of 36 million people to accept his Oscar by referencing his own suicide attempt and providing a message of hope to those who feel different. And these are just a few celebrities who are using their platform to make […]
[…] would take steps towards achieving some of these objectives, including the Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act, which would put resources into school based mental health services, suicide prevention and other areas, and The Excellence in Mental Health Act, which would establish a funding stream for Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) that achieve certain […]
[…] percent of the public sample said they are not familiar with depression, but 68 percent or more know specific consequences that can come from not receiving treatment—including suicide (84 percent). Sixty-two percent believe they know some symptoms of depression, but 39 percent said they do not know many or any at all. One major […]
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