Mental Health Awareness Month is a Great Time to Talk About How Pets Can Help Your Mental Wellbeing With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, Best Friends Animal Society, a leading animal welfare organization dedicated to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America’s shelters by 2025, is sharing some of the many mental health benefits of adopting or fostering a dog or cat. Dogs and Cats Aren’t Only Cute…They Help Our Moods: Pet parents […]
Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental Health Affects Everyone – Take a Mental Health Break!
May is Mental Health Awareness Month May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Harris County Public Health (HCPH) is emphasizing the importance of self-care by reminding residents to check on their mental health. Mental health is important at every stage of life, influences how we respond to stress, and affects how we relate to others. It’s natural to feel stress, anxiety, grief, and worry during challenging times, experts say. Feeling strong emotions or excessive stress, […]
NAM Recognizes Mental Health Awareness Month
HOUSTON— Each year millions of Americans struggle, often silently, with mental health challenges. This month Northwest Assistance Ministries (NAM) joins the national movement to raise awareness about mental health. Throughout the month NAM has offered free community events including a Community Learning Circle presented by The Harris Center and a film screening of “Wisdom of Trauma,” exploring the root of human pain, and the source of healing. NAM’s next community event will be a […]