Healthy Mind, Healthy Life

Mental health is important too!

Mental health is often disregarded in society. Mental health disorders account for several of the top causes of disability in established market economies. An estimated 26% of Americans ages 18 and older -- about 1 in 4 adults -- suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Mental health conditions account for 16% of the global burden of disease and injury in people aged 10-19 years. Most people who commit suicide have a diagnosable mental disorder. In adolescents themselves, suicide is the third leading cause of death. Obviously these statistics can’t be disregarded. Let’s make a change in our communities and promote positivity.

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STEPS

1.Organize! Get together with your group and decide how you will be completing this campaign. You can assign each other particular parts of the website.

2. Create! Make the website, here are the requirements:

• A recommended platform is google websites but you can use whatever you are comfortable with

• Include two or more tabs for reasons your mental health may be affected (family, school, etc.)

• In each tab, provide resources (websites, feel-good activities etc.) for the people who visit the website

• Make sure to make it colorful and inviting!

3. Spread! Publicize your website at school, libraries, events, etc.

4. Verify hours! This depends on the club! Keep a list of who is participates and their contributions to the website to come up with a certain number of hours.

5. Fill out the Volunteer Form! Get volunteer hours based on the pictures submitted.

Campaign by: Pradnya Balamurugan