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Community Outreach

  • Advocacy, individual and public policy, to improve access to mental health treatment services
  • Public education and literature distribution to promote awareness and understanding of mental health so desperately needed to combat stigma and nurture recovery via health fairs and community events
  • Media outreach through letters to the editors, facts sheets for articles about mental illness
  • May is Mental Health Month - annual Candelight Vigil, Mental Health Sabbath, National Anxiety Screening Day, and Art of Recovery art show
  • Mental Illness Awareness Week - events held in October each year include a National Day of Prayer Service, National Depression Screening Day, and Mental Illness Sabbath