Kendall Jenner has opened up about her ongoing mental health struggles while addressing critics who claim she cannot have anxiety because of her privilege. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star discussed her experience with anxiety during a new video series with Vogue, where she revealed that there have been times where she feels like she needs to go to the hospital because she can’t breathe. “I’ve had times where I feel like I need to be.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, designated each year as a period to spread awareness and education about the importance of mental health care in the U.S. The month has taken on added importance during the ongoing pandemic, during which millions of musicians and other music industry workers have been cut off from their livelihoods during the widespread shutdown of live events.
While mental health care is critically important for music workers even in a normal year, COVID-19 has had profound effects on the mental well-being of those most impacted. According to the 2020 Wellness in Music Survey, a report published by the Recording Academy’s charitable arm MusiCares, 26% of those surveyed reported moderate to severe levels of depression last year, while 53% said they were unable to receive mental health counseling due to lack of funds.
Ariana Grande encourages fans to talk about mental health issues
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Thursday May 06, 2021
American singer Ariana Grande called upon her fans to be candid about their mental health struggles so that stigma around the mental problems could be abolished.
May is called Mental Health Awareness Month since 1949. The National Health America started observing the month each year with local events and film screenings.
The 27-year-old singer, taking to Instagram, posted a series of slides with the first one stating: So you want to talk about Mental Health Awareness Month.
Ariana Grande captioned the post: “Here’s to ending the stigma around mental health and normalizing asking for help.
Author of the article: Chris Montanini
Publishing date: May 03, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 3 minute read •
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United Way Perth Huron’s Social Research and Planning Council has taken a closer look at the state of the region’s mental health and addiction supports as local service providers prepare to promote Canadian Mental Health Week over the next several days.
“What we’re trying to do is help the community understand that service providers are working together in a co-ordinated fashion across the region to improve those services,” said Ryan Erb, the executive director of the local United Way. “We need to make the system better and we need to make it more available to people. What we’re really concerned about, and have been concerned about for a long time, is that the demand for service continues to far outpace the availability of the services being provided.”
The Alliance for Mental Health and Development is to publish a Maternal Mental Health Advocacy Action Plan developed with the support of UK aid as part of a Maternal Mental Health Project.
The advocacy action plan aims at ensuring that poor and vulnerable women, including pregnant women, mothers, and their babies in Ghana have improved mental health and livelihoods.
This was in a statement signed by Mr Peter Badimak Yaro, Executive Director, BasicNeeds-Ghana and National Convenor – Alliance for Mental Health and Development, copied the Ghana News Agency, to mark Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day, which falls on 5th May 2021.
The event is meant to raise awareness, influence policy, and change attitudes towards maternal mental health issues.