Raising Awareness

 

May is Men­tal Health Aware­ness Month!

Each year mil­lions of Amer­i­cans face the real­i­ty of liv­ing with a men­tal ill­ness. Dur­ing May, NAMI Lex­ing­ton joins the nation­al move­ment to raise aware­ness about men­tal health. 

Men­tal Health Aware­ness Month Events

 

 

Tar­dive Dysk­i­ne­sia, or TD, is a con­di­tion of uncon­trol­lable move­ments affect­ing the face, tor­so, and/or oth­er body parts. TD may devel­op after a few months of tak­ing cer­tain med­ica­tions to treat bipo­lar dis­or­der, depres­sion, or schiz­o­phre­nia. TD affects approx­i­mate­ly 600,000 peo­ple in the U.S. Read More

 

 

Pride Month

The Les­bian, Gay, Bisex­u­al, Trans­gen­der, Queer, Ques­tion­ing, Inter­sex, Asex­u­al (LGBTQIA*) com­mu­ni­ty rep­re­sents a diverse range of iden­ti­ties and expres­sions of gen­der and sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion. In addi­tion to these iden­ti­ties, mem­bers of the com­mu­ni­ty are diverse in terms of race, reli­gion, eth­nic­i­ty, nation­al­i­ty and socioe­co­nom­ic class. Read More

 

Bebe Moore Camp­bell Nation­al Minor­i­ty Men­tal Health Aware­ness Month

In May of 2008, the US House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives announce July as Bebe Moore Camp­bell Nation­al Minor­i­ty Men­tal Health Aware­ness Month. The goals of this leg­is­la­tion were to improve access to men­tal health treat­ment and ser­vices and pro­mote pub­lic aware­ness of men­tal ill­ness and Enhance pub­lic aware­ness of men­tal ill­ness and men­tal ill­ness among minorities.

 

Nation­al Recov­ery Month 

Nation­al Recov­ery Month (Recov­ery Month) is a nation­al obser­vance held every Sep­tem­ber to pro­mote and sup­port new evi­dence-based treat­ment and recov­ery prac­tices, the emer­gence of a strong and proud recov­ery com­mu­ni­ty, and the ded­i­ca­tion of ser­vice providers and com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers across the nation who make recov­ery in all its forms possible.

 

Nation­al Sui­cide Pre­ven­tion Month

All month, men­tal health advo­cates, pre­ven­tion orga­ni­za­tions, sur­vivors, allies, and com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers unite to pro­mote sui­cide pre­ven­tion awareness.