What is Mental Health?
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act, and helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.
What is the Mental Health Continuum?
We need to understand that our mental health and wellbeing fall on a continuum which include a range of states between mental health and mental illness. It is also important to understand that we can experience several states within the continuum during different periods throughout our lives. The picture depicts the 5 stages of the mental health continuum, along with things we might experience or recognize during each stage. The good news is we have the ability to shift between stages and work towards optimal mental health. If you find yourself in a stage of surviving, struggling, or in crisis, please know that you are not alone and there are people and resources to help along the continuum.
We are partnering in new and unique ways to address the mental health crisis. We are focused on addressing mental health and well-being across the continuum with upstream methods to make a difference and here is how we are doing that.
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Student Programs
Starting conversations around mental health in ways that resonate with our youth.
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School Staff Wellbeing
We are focused on the mental health and well-being of our workforce. We began a pilot project for our area schools, and our vision is to promote and advance the health and well-being of every student, teacher, and staff. Our mission is to meet people where they are with grace and compassion to create a culture of well-being focused on mental health support, health education, and well-being events and programming. Our intent is to offer this in an expanded version to all our members in the future. The current model of the pilot program offers community of practice for school staff, school nurses, and wellness committees that begin with a data informed approaches and implementation science guided efforts.
If you are interested in learning more about our mental health and well-being trainings or wondering where to begin, please reach out to our team. We are ready to meet you where you are and support you through the journey.
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Staff
- Aubrie Hoover – Regional Manager – Behavioral & Mental Health Services