Archive for 'Mental Health'

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.

Wellness – it’s essential to living a full and productive life. It’s about keeping healthy as well as getting healthy. Wellness involves a set of skills and strategies that prevent the onset or shorten the duration [...]

Urge Congress to Cosponsor the Mental Health in Schools Act

Urge Congress to Cosponsor the Mental Health in Schools Act

Millions of children in our nation live with mental health conditions. Most are not identified and do not receive mental health services and supports. This often has dire consequences including school drop-out and failure, involvement with [...]

Florida Now Spends Less Per Capita for Mental Health Than It Did in the 1950s.

Florida Now Spends Less Per Capita for Mental Health Than It Did in the 1950s.

We still rank at the bottom of the list for per capita spending for behavioral health care. WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT? Call, e-mail or write your legislators to advocate for community mental health. Tell [...]