The Erie County Department of Health – Mental Health Sub Committee has developed a comprehensive needs assessment in order to [...]
Held annually during Mental Illness Awareness Week in October, National Depression Screening Day began as an effort to raise awareness [...]
One of the hardest parts about suffering from depression is that it makes you feel awful not only mentally and [...]
In 2010, Congress named June 27th PTSD Awareness Day. Since then, the month of June has been dedicated as a [...]
As we wrote in a previous post, May is Mental Health Awareness Month. As part of that effort to raise [...]
Since 1949, May has been designated National Mental Health Awareness Month by the Mental Health America organization. Why? It has [...]
Did you know that people with mental illnesses die earlier than the general population, and often experience co-occurring health conditions? [...]
You may think suicide will never affect your life. But suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the [...]
by Karl Shallowhorn, HHS Senior Counselor Webster. Newtown. Aurora. These names are forever etched into our collective consciousness. These horrible [...]