Mental Health Matters Month

May is Mental Health Matters Month.  The goal of this month-long awareness and assistance program is to highlight the fact that at any given moment approximately 51.5 million people nationally are dealing with the impact of mental illness. To that end, CMHS is partnering with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) to provide the campus community with a diverse range of programs to promote awareness, disseminate useful information, and above all underscore the message that You Are Not Alone. We are all here for you and will continue to work together to help one another. 

The following is a list of programs being offered by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention over the next few weeks:

 

week of May 2

May 3 - May 5:  Better Together Mental Health Storytelling Summit

May 4 @ 3 PM:  Advocacy 101 Webinar

May 5: World Maternal Mental Health Day

 

week of May 9

May 9 - May 15:  SAMHSA National Prevention Week

May 9 - May 15:  National Women’s Health Week

May 11 @ 4 PM: Ask Dr. Jill

May 13 @ 12:30 PM:  Instagram live with Kripalu

May 14 @ 2 PM:   Elevating Voices for Long-lasting Change:  Families, Culture and Gen Z/Millennial Perspectives on Mental Health and Suicide Loss.

May 14:  SAMHSA Day of Suicide Prevention.

 

week of May 16

May 18 @ 4:30 PM:  Instagram live:  A Conversation with the Confess Project. 

May 19 @ 3 PM:  9-8-8 / Crisis Lines Webinar. 

 

The programs above may be accessed on the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s website at afsp.org/may or afsp.org/mentalhealth4all. The staff at Campus Mental Health Services is available to answer any questions you may have or for further discussion regarding anything you watch.  We can be reached by phone at 934-420-2006 or by e-mail at cmhs@farmingdale.edu.   

 

Jill Bandura, Ph.D. 

Staff Psychologist 

Campus Mental Health Services 

 

Andrew Berger, Ph.D., ABPP 

Director 

Campus Mental Health Services