October 10, 2021 is World Mental Health Day. According to the World Health Organization, “The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health….But World Mental Health Day is about more than advocacy. It also provides an opportunity to …
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NATIONAL PHYSICIAN (AND MED STUDENT) SUICIDE AWARENESS DAY
Today is National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. While medical students don’t have an M.D. behind their name, I think they still should be included in this group. Physicians, residents, med students are super human. We as the public expect them to walk into our exam room, treat us perfectly kind, answer all our questions, and …
4 WAYS TO INVEST IN YOUR MENTAL HEALTH
Life is not always beautiful, but the outcomes can be. (1) Similarly, I’ve found that postpartum depression and anxiety are not always beautiful. But the outcome can be. I think the key word there is CAN. October 10, 2020 was World Mental Health Day. It’s been a few months since World Mental Health Day, but …