Mental Health Awareness Month
Wear GREEN on May 6!
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
May 1-7, 2022 is Children's Mental Health Acceptance Week
In December of 2021, the Surgeon General issued an advisory highlighting the urgent need to address our nation's youth mental health crisis further exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The advisory stresses the urgency of the 2022 campaign message - that it's time to move beyond awareness and into acceptance - for multiple reasons:
To accept that 1 in 5 youth experiences a mental health challenge
To accept that mental health challenges must be met with understanding and support
To accept that prejudice and discrimination toward individuals who experience mental health challenges creates a barrier to seeking treatment - and it must be eliminated
To accept that our youth are facing serious challenges ahead that need to be addressed
To accept that the future wellbeing of our country depends on how we support and invest in the next generation
​Source: https://www.ffcmh.org/acceptanceweek
Contact for more information:
Mental Health Services Coordinator
Madison City Schools
Email: slallen@madisoncity.k12.al.us
Website: https://www.madisoncity.k12.al.us/domain/2411
Phone: 2564648370
Twitter: @MCSMentalHealth