Sentences with phrase «mental health campaigns»

Jonny's search for «Mike», the man who stopped him taking his own life on the same date in 2008 (14th January), reached millions of people around the globe and created one of the biggest mental health campaigns in history.

«Although mental health campaigns have for some time attempted to de-stigmatise mental ill - health, by far the most likely reason why young people self - harm remains self - punishment.

Additonal community mental health campaigns include the youth focused JUST TELL ONE foucusing on our younger citizens (visit www.justtellone.org) and the Workplace health promotion initiative of the Erie County Mental Health Assocaition.

The race is benefiting the young royals» mental health campaign, Heads Together, this year.

Launched by the Duchess of Cambridge as part of the «Heads Together» mental health campaign, the «Mentally Healthy Schools» website will provide teachers with advice, lesson and assembly plans, and descriptions of a range of mental health needs.

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A growing number of grassroots organizations and social media campaigns are raising awareness about the roughly one in five Americans who will be affected by a mental health condition in their lifetime.

January 28th marked the fifth year of Bell's #BellLetsTalk campaign, which raises money for mental health organizations.

February 5: Former employees of Facebook and Google help launch the education campaign The Truth About Tech to explore tech addiction and the mental health consequences of using social media.

An Ontario teen whose campaign for mental health made national news, a Vancouver woman raising awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women, and a young man from Calgary who designed a new...

Florida has entered 141,042 mental health records into the national background check system, according to the Brady Campaign.

To complement the launch of the charity's mental health awareness campaign #NotAlone, which aims at generating stigma - free conversations within the UK drinks industry, The Benevolent has commissioned a survey addressed to the current members of the UK drinks industry aimed at:

The purpose of the swim was to raise money for the OUSU charity and mental health awareness campaign, «Mind Your Head».

Luckily, mental health awareness campaigns have become much more frequent in the past few years, in an effort to eliminate stigma and improve support of those living with mental illness.

The bill, which would require surrogates to undergo medical and psychological screenings and intended parents to have a join consultation with a mental health professional, reflects input from various community groups, including LGBT advocacy organizations such as the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA), the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the Family Equality Council, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR).

Secondly, and more seriously, carefully selected issues and campaigns on which the party can claim little victories — raising the age of criminal responsibility, more cash for early years, owning the issue of mental health provision.

Three years after NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray launched her signature $ 850 million ThriveNYC mental health initiative, she is tapping Alexis Confer, who has worked on de Blasio's successful universal pre-K initiative, on national gun reform and on former President Obama's campaign, to serve as the initiative's first - ever executive director.

The former New York senator's campaign said she would ensure enforcement of mental health parity, noting her sponsorship of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 and subsequent Affordable Carhealth parity, noting her sponsorship of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 and subsequent Affordable CarHealth Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 and subsequent Affordable Care Act.

A new mental health awareness campaign is featuring a bipartisan message.

In an attempt to look different, the embattled Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg chose the worthy but politically neutral cause of mental health to kick - start his electoral campaign.

Three years after First Lady Chirlane McCray launched her signature $ 850 million ThriveNYC mental health initiative, she is tapping Alexis Confer — who has worked on Mayor Bill de Blasio's successful universal pre-kindergarten initiative, on national gun reform and on former President Barack Obama's campaign — to serve as the initiative's first - ever executive director.

Cornell has called upon Janet Hasson, president and publisher and CynDee Royle, editor and vice-president of News to initiate a capital campaign, sponsored by the paper, that would help to fund some of the proposals put forward by the Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents to address gun violence and school safety, including needed mental health and social services and school resource officers.

«Every mental health organization in the country disapproves of conversion therapy,» said Shurka, 29, a New York City resident who travels the country to lobby for efforts to ban gay conversion therapy as part of the #BornPerfect campaign.

«The first lady is obviously a top representative of the city, overseeing programs critical to our mental - health and anti-addiction campaigns,» said mayoral spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein.

CSEA has also begun a statewide radio and TV ad campaign challenging the Cuomo Administration's bad mental health policy.

The campaign «Let's Talk Stigma» encourages people to share their stories and join the conversation about mental health.

This Bill is an important step for change, and the Time to Change campaign welcomes it wholeheartedly, thanks those who made it happen, and promises to keep on fighting so that one day we have genuine parity of understanding, treatment and services between physical and mental health.

Describing Mair as «one man with serious mental health issues,» he suggested that Cox's murder risked stealing «momentum» from the Leave campaign.

He has been a prominent supporter and advocate for the mental health anti-stigma campaign, Time to Change.

«Worryingly, [Jon] Lansman and [John] McDonnell are now actively using new policy «workshops» to widen their support to bring in powerful key single issue campaign and powerful voices in key sector like the arts, creative industries, disabilities, mental health and housing.»

At 11 a.m., supporters of a «Campaign 4 NY / NY Housing» coalition of more than 130 community, disabilities, family, homeless, housing, legal, mental health, minority, social services and youth organizations call for city and state officials to expand supportive housing for residents with disabilities and other special needs; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

«We all want to see fewer people using cannabis, but the best way to achieve that is through a health information campaign backed up by mental health warnings on rolling papers used for cannabis.

Also at 11 a.m., Dozens of community - based supportive housing providers, mental health advocates, patients and their families from across the state will launch the new Bring It Home campaign, urging the state to invest in community - based mental health housing.

Nick Clegg has put improving mental health care right at the heart of the Liberal Democrats general election campaign.

CSEA has also begun a statewide radio and TV ad campaign challenging the Cuomo administration's bad mental health policy.

The proposal has triggered a massive telephone and letter - writing campaign from parents, advocates and mental health workers targeting their state legislators from Western New York.

Among the women who won seats was Naz Shah, a mental health campaigner who took Bradford West for Labour from Respect's George Galloway after a bitter campaign battle, which included claims and counter-claims about her teenage marriage in Pakistan.

We need to get behind campaigns that highlight its toll on mental and physical health

Supporting people to talk about their mental health problems, for example through anti-stigma campaigns, may mean they are more likely to seek help.»

There was comparatively strong agreement between the groups of experts about the positive effects of expanded mental health - related prohibitions, the required reporting of lost or stolen firearms, media campaigns to prevent children from accessing guns, and the required surrender of firearms by those prohibited from possessing guns, such as people convicted of felonies.

All have been affected by mental illness and its stigma and have been brought together as part of a national public awareness campaign sponsored by McLean Hospital, in collaboration with Boston Logan International Airport and several mental health advocacy groups.

In public - health campaigns to boost support for improvements in the mental health system, messages that link mental illness to violence may be counterproductive, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...

• The ABC is running a campaign «Mental As...», which will feature programs focused on mental illness, health and wellbeing across the company's media platforms.

It campaigning for greater integration of mental health support and services into education, health and social care systems and believes that every school in England should have at least one member of staff trained in mental health issues.

Money raised will fund our vital work including the Mind Infoline, our advice services and the campaigning Mind does to secure a better deal for the one in four people who experience a mental health problem every year.»

The national campaign will launch in November and will look to encourage young people and their parents to openly discuss mental health, with the aim of reducing the stigma surrounding it.

Through campaigns focusing on parent engagement, community organizing, and the development of mental health programs — including Start with Hello Week, February 6 — 10 — Sandy Hook Promise's ultimate goal is to prevent loss of life to any kind of gun violence, whether it be crime, suicide, or accident.

A mental health charity has launched a campaign which hopes to get mental health education delivered in schools.

On Thursday 14th January 2016, Jonny Benjamin, the man who created the phenomenal #FindMike campaign, launches a new mental health workshop ThinkWellfocused on educating the next generation in wellbeing and mental health.

Jonny Benjamin, the man behind the worldwide #FindMike campaign, which reached 350 million people and helped saved a number of lives, launches cutting edge workshop to transform mental health for young people and get them talking about the issue.

As reported by Tes, the YoungMinds charity, which campaigns for better mental health support for children and young people, has released the figures to coincide with its 25th anniversary.