According to the US Dept of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, “Minorities are less likely to receive diagnosis and treatment for their mental illness, have less access to and availability of mental health services and often receive a poorer quality of mental health care.”
June is an important month for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) awareness. The US Senate designated June 27 as National PTSD Awareness Day, and the month of June has been designated PTSD Awareness Month by the National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD). Many people associate PTSD with veterans returning from overseas deployment, but did you know children…
School’s out for the summer! Summer is a time for kicking back and having fun and taking family vacations, but for teens, it can be a deadly time of year. We Saves Lives reminds us we are entering the “100 Deadliest Days of Summer”.
National Click It or Ticket Week. When you’re not wearing your seat belt, you’re risking serious injury or death. And unlike a TV show or a movie, there’s no rewinding and no do-overs. From May 23rd through June 5th, cops will be stepping up enforcement to crack down on motorists not wearing their seat belts.…
Source: https://www.scramsystems.com/blog/2017/05/cincodedrinko-drinkodemayo-trend-on-social-media/ #CincodeDrinko, #DrinkodeMayo Trend on Social Media Cinco de Mayo certainly has become one of the days of the year Americans most associate with drinking. Social media is currently trending thousands of posts tagged with two of the holiday’s nicknames: Cinco de Drinko and Drinko de Mayo. But while many people are looking forward…
Would You Know When You’ve Gone Too Far? Mental health is essential to everyone’s overall health and well-being, and mental illnesses are common and treatable. But people experience symptoms of mental illnesses differently—and some engage in potentially dangerous or risky behaviors to avoid or cover up symptoms of a potential mental health problem.
