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EAST BRIDGEWATER East Bridgewater lit up the Town Common with green lights on Tuesday evening, May 4 in honor of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. Parent Information Network (PIN) Brockton Parent Coordinator Susan Wolfe, selectmen and others decorated the gazebo with green ribbons and lights as part of the “Lighting It Up Green” campaign. For two weeks, the common will remain lit.
“So many children are struggling right now with anxiety and depression from being isolated for the last year. We want families to know it is ok to ask for help and there are many resources available to them. No family or child should ever have to suffer alone,” said PIN Program Director Heather Hogan in a written statement.
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ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. This week marks Children s Mental Health Awareness Week in Tennessee. Its theme is flip the script on mental health and officials are daring people to change others hearts and minds about mental health, challenging myths and stigmas about it.
The need for more conversations about mental health is growing. School counselors have been working overtime this year, helping students through a mental health crisis caused by the events of the past year the COVID-19 pandemic, racial injustice and economic downturns.
May 6, 2021
MAYVILLE As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, the week of May 2-8 is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week.
Mental Health Awareness month has been around since its inception in 1949, but it wasn’t until 1991 when the importance of raising mental health awareness and reducing stigma surrounding children’s mental health became an important focus, resulting in the actual celebration of awareness and advocacy in 2004 designating the first full week of May annually as Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week.
The National Federation of Families has declared the theme of this year’s recognition as “Flip the Script.” The thought behind the theme is that community members are responsible for addressing the mental health needs of its children and youth. It is important to set an example on how to treat ourselves and take care of our mental health as well as how we treat others facing mental health challenges.
Accordia Health recognizes Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
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Behavioral health leaders say COVID-19 could have a lasting impact on our mental health, especially children. Accordia Health experts recognize this and say the need to raise awareness about a child s well-being is more important than ever. Its medical team invites the public to celebrate Children s Mental Health Awareness Week and Flip the Script on Mental Health.
Edgar Finn, MD, is a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist practicing at Accordia Health.
Our focus this Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week is to shine a light on how much mental health can impact a child’s physical health. A child s overall well-being is our priority.
Childrenâs Mental Health Awareness Week focuses on positive mental health in schools
Childrenâs Mental Health Awareness Week focuses on positive mental health in schools By Bethany Davis | May 3, 2021 at 8:59 AM CDT - Updated May 3 at 9:30 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Childrenâs Mental Health Awareness Week is a week to intentionally focus on mental health in schools.
While students have been away from the school buildings, their classrooms, and their teachers and friends, theyâve been away from those who are most likely to notice changes in their emotions.
âThis particular week is one thatâs special, it gives us an opportunity really to focus on the children and to highlight some initiatives that we know are now of utmost importance, to encourage children to have an outlet that those now times are about to come back into their regular normality. Now we have to focus on what we can do to empower children to understand that they do have a voice