May is Mental Health Awareness Month.
Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental health condition. Mental Health Awareness Month is a national movement to raise awareness about mental health, fight stigma, educate the public, and support people living with a mental health condition.
Children's Mental Health Awareness Week is May 5-11.
Positive mental health is essential to a child’s healthy development. This week shines a national spotlight on the importance of caring for every child’s mental health. Join Sheppard Pratt in recognizing this observance with the resources below.
Facts About Mental Health
Americans have a mental health condition - nearly 20%.
U.S. children ages 3-17 have a mental, emotional, developmental, or behavioral disorder.
The average delay between the start of mental health symptoms and treatment.
The number 10-24 year olds who died by suicide in 2020.
of youth in the U.S. experienced a major depressive episode in the past year.
of American adults with a mental health condition do not receive treatment.
Psychiatric Urgent Care
Our Psychiatric Urgent Care is specially designed for people who need an immediate psychiatric triage. Individuals of all ages are evaluated by a licensed clinician and then provided with referrals to an appropriate level of psychiatric care.
Mental Health News & Articles
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Existential OCD: Obsessing About the Anything and the Everything
Mental HealthPublished:What happens after we die? What is consciousness? Is anything real? Who am I? What is a self? These and many other questions will not be answered in this exploration of Existential OCD.
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Feelings Are Not Just Feminine: Normalizing Mental Healthcare for Men
Mental HealthPublished:Mental illness can be especially isolating for men: It isn’t seen as a masculine move to get help.
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‘But This Time It’s Different’ and Other Lies OCD Tells: Troubleshooting When OCD Feels Extra Convincing
Mental HealthPublished:As people begin to make progress, their OCD will hang on for dear life, attempting various methods of keeping the person hooked.
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The Big Green Straw
Mental HealthPublished:Any time I share this story with someone, I always ask the same question: “What’s your green straw?"
