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Mental Health Education
The goals of our Education Programs are to:
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increase opportunities for mental health consumers to feel accepted, valued and understood by the community |
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provide the community with the
knowledge and understanding needed to decrease the prejudice and
stigmas associated with mental illnesses |
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increase the skills and comfort level for caregivers
and community helpers who have the opportunity to come into contact
or work with people with mental illness |
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provide consumers, providers
and family members with access to mental health resources and mental
health education |
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provide information on where
to get free depression and anxiety screening and support resources
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Our Education Programs Are:
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Community programs, conferences and seminars are provided to highlight best practices in mental health education, awareness and provide forums to share up-to-date knowledge on treatment, modalities and advocacy. Open to the public, providers consumersk family mambers and leaders, the objective is to increase overall community awareness and support of mental health resources needed to meet the needs of consumers and family members. |
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12th Annual Conference - Save the date: April 8, 2008 |
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Local Health Fairs and Community Events are forums to display mental health resource materials, provide depression and anxiety disorcer screenings, conduct basic facts and opinion surveys on mental health and offer inviduals moments to ask questions and get help. |
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Feel-Good Activities for
Older Adults are conducted by request at local retirement
centers, nursing homes, senior centers and assisted living facilities.
These activities feature learning and play programs that connect
mental health with health and wellness. |
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Suicide prevention provides
a healing forum for survivors to honor those they have lost, to
share their stories and to build an on-going initiative for community
prevention support. |
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Awareness campaigns
provide messages to target populations, through focus groups, media
and community centers presentations, as well as conduct surveys
and report findings to the community. |
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month
Did you know that chronic stress makes people more vulnerable to a host of physical illnesses? Or, that depression commonly occurs in people who have heart disease? That depression is not necessarily a part of aging?
Numerous studies have shown that a close relationship exists between mental health and physical health. In fact, in 2003, the President's New Freedom Commission declared, "mental health is key to overall physical health;" making May Mental Health Awareness Month.
May is Mental Health Month - Activities are planned annually through community wide events in collaboration with the Mental Health Awareness Coalition of Guilford County.
Mental Health Awareness Coalition of Guilford County:
Blair Benson - Mental Health Association in Greensboro, bbenson@mhag.org
John Brown - Mental Health Association in High Point, jbrown@northstate.net
Penny Caston - the Guilford Center, pcasto@guilfordcenter.com
Jean Allen and Jan Hill - Tristan's Quest DRjean@bellsouth.net
Sherri McMillen - Moses Cone Behavioral Health Center, sherri.mcmilllen@mosescone.com
Jodi Lorenzo Schibley - Sanctuary House, jschibley@sanctuaryhousegso.com
Don Smith - ElderLaw Firm
