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The 5 Perinatal Peer Support Principles (developed by Mind, the McPin Foundation & the Maternal Mental Health Alliance) are straightforward and include practical, reflective questions to help shape the peer support you offer. Find out more about how to ensure your volunteering programmes meets quality standards in our FREE guide: https://buff.ly/45E8Qtu

St. Joseph's Health Hospital tower is illuminated green to mark the start of two significant health awareness campaigns in May: Lyme Disease Awareness Month and Mental Health Awareness Month. 💚🧠 The Lyme Disease Awareness initiative is particularly crucial in Central New York (CNY), where cases of tick-borne diseases have surged by over 400% in the past decade. We are proud to support the CNY Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Alliance as an awareness and education resource. This year's Mental Health Awareness theme (Mental Health America), "Where to Start: Mental Health in a Changing World," highlights the many challenges of navigating life's stresses and underscores the importance of fostering supportive environments where seeking help is encouraged and empowered. By lighting our tower in green throughout May, we aim to spotlight both causes, emphasizing the importance of awareness, prevention and support. ✅ Learn more about the CNY Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Alliance: https://bit.ly/3JK75kr ✅ Learn more about Mental Health Awareness Month: https://bit.ly/3feGsDL

Tomorrow is International Self Care Day, but we think every day should be self-care day. As a community of victim-survivors, lived experienced advocates, loved ones or professional support people it is important to practice self-care. The research shows us that self-care helps to mitigate the impacts of trauma, vicarious trauma and burnout but it can be tricky to prioritise. Find out more about information about self-care and coping with trauma at fullstop.org.au.

We continue to see ED Boarding for MH crisis in Colorado as well as many other states. Listen below to Dr. Liaw on CPR Colorado Matters discussing youth mental health boarding crisis, workforce, and more. How can we reimagine care for youth needing a higher acuity of care for mental health? What is your state doing? What is going well? What innovations should be nationwide?

The National communications charter (the Charter) and supporting resources have been updated and are now available on the Life in Mind portal. Updates to the Charter included consolidation of the guiding principles and ensuring voices of those with lived and living experience remain central. Mr Mark Leopold, Head of Growth and Innovation at Transitioning Well, and Life in Mind Champion who supported redevelopment of the Charter, shared: “It is excellent that this revised Charter has the voice of lived and living experience at its core. It’s a valuable reminder to us all to constantly calibrate our messaging by drawing on the knowledge of those whose lives have been touched by mental health concerns and suicide. This new Charter, through revised Principles 2 and 5, ensures we consider peoples personal experience, along with that of other professionals, when guiding communications about mental health concerns and suicide.” Learn more and access the updated Charter, and supporting tools and resources via: https://lnkd.in/gyfZNXc3

Memorial Day is about honoring those who make the ultimate sacrifice in service of their country. The Foundation is supporting the use of wireless to address veteran mental health. More about our grants to Healium & Objective Zero Foundation: https://bit.ly/3WRccXY

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When it comes to accessing mental health support, some of the most significant challenges faced by families from diverse cultural backgrounds include cross-cultural communication, understandings of health, trouble navigating health systems and marginalisation. Culturally responsive practice is about setting aside your own feelings of discomfort to create a safe space for families to express their thoughts, feelings, experiences and expertise. Through this, you can foster a mutual understanding of differing perspectives and priorities within the family. This practice course has been developed to support you in developing skills to not only recognise cultural assumptions and judgements, but also respond to children who have experienced racism and help families shape their meaning and response. By addressing your cultural biases and highlighting families’ strengths, you can help children flourish by feeling proud of their cultural identity. Log in or register at Emerging Minds Learning today. https://bit.ly/3xd3vwg

Dr. Rahil Briggs captures the essence of HealthySteps so succinctly here! We can't help babies unless we meet the needs of parents, where they are and when they're ready. Listen to this message and let us know how we can help!

Children who have experienced abuse, violence and neglect often internalise their distress, which can lead to harmful misunderstanding of their true experiences. As a result, they may be labelled as "resilient" and go unseen in therapeutic settings, where their struggles remain invisible. True resilience isn't about appearing to cope on the surface; it's about genuine healing. Children who have endured trauma need consistent, nurturing relationships to rebuild trust and a sense of safety. We must change the narrative around resilience, focusing not on children's abilities to endure but on providing the relational and emotional support they need to truly heal and thrive. To learn more about why we need to rethink resilience and how we can better support these children, read our latest blog by Sue Buratti, General Manager of Therapeutic Services at the Foundation: https://lnkd.in/gvBt5cEg