CCSD Mental Health
Mental Health Matters
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
For more information please visit:
https://988lifeline.org/promote-national-suicide-prevention-month/
https://www.nami.org/get-involved/awareness-events/suicide-prevention-month/
What is mental health?
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices.1 Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.
Although the terms are often used interchangeably, poor mental health and mental illness are not the same. A person can experience poor mental health and not be diagnosed with a mental illness. Likewise, a person diagnosed with a mental illness can experience periods of physical, mental, and social well-being.
Taken from the CDC
For more information, please visit CDC page
If you or someone you know has a mental health emergency, don't hesitate to get in touch with your local emergency room or call 911.
“Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but you are not the rain.” — Matt Haig
“If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl, but by all means, keep moving.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.