October is a month filled with awareness on mental health — and October 2-8 is Mental Health Awareness Week!
Mental Health Awareness Week takes place the first full week of October every year since 1990. It is a time to bring attention to the mental health diagnoses experienced by 1 in 4 Americans and countless others worldwide.
A person can experience poor mental health and not be diagnosed with a mental health condition. Likewise, a person diagnosed with a mental health condition can experience periods of physical, mental, and social well-being.
This month we encourage you to take time to understand the intersect mental health has within every part of a person’s life. Take a moment to realize the obstacles that a person living with a mental health diagnosis has to navigate through. Learn more about the issues people living with mental health conditions might face and find tips for how to navigate them.
Here are a few of the many resources available on this topic:
National Resources:
- Aging Care
- American Psychiatric Association(Disparities in Diverse Populations)
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)
- JED Foundation
- Mental Health America
- Mental Health First Aid
- NAMI National
- National Council for Mental Wellbeing
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(SAMHSA)
- Walk in our shoes
- Youth.Gov
New Mexico Resources:
- Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD)
- CYFD Pull Together
- Department of Health (DOH)
- Dose of Reality
- Dose of Wellness
- Family Empowerment Project
- NAMI New Mexico
- New Mexico Crisis and Access Line (NMCAL)
- New Mexico State Agencies
- NM 5-Actions Program
- Training through Office of School and Adolescent Health(OSAH)
If you or someone you know needs to talk about the impact of mental health on one’s life, know that there are mental health professionals available to talk with at New Mexico 988, the New Mexico Crisis and Access Line (855-662-7474), and the Peer-to-Peer Warmline (855-466-7100).
