A WELL WORLD: Do you know?
May is a month full of reasons to celebrate. Mother’s Day. Graduations. Pool openings. It is also the month we celebrate the growing awareness the public has about mental health. For generations, mental illnesses have ...
Mental Health Awareness Month
An Eye-Opening Experience
Tammy Nguyen As so many of our volunteers discover, serving at the Well Community leads to awareness of mental illness that’s far deeper than statistics and facts. We talked with Tammy Nguyen about her experience ...
More Than Facts: Mental Health Statistics That Impact Us All
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. But what, exactly, do we need to be aware of? Below are some must-know statistics about mental illnesses in the United States. Understanding them is vital because each represents ...
Mental Illness: Not an Adjective
Mental Health Awareness Month is a great time to learn about how our words can contribute to stigma—especially when we use the names of mental illnesses and symptoms as adjectives. Though our society has become ...
A Well World: Kinder Voices
During the long months of COVID, our Well members faced many additional insurmountable challenges. Two particularly come to mind. First, we lost several members during the pandemic, and we miss them terribly. We notice their ...
Why Mental Health Awareness is Just the First Step
It’s no secret that our culture is talking more about mental health these days. The fact that one in five Americans—over 50 million people—experiences a mental illness in a given year is becoming common knowledge. ...