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Let's Do More for Mental Health
Raise Awareness and Celebrate Strength
Mental health affects the health and well-being of children and families across the country. One in five adults live with mental illness, as well as millions of children. Now, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, it's important to raise awareness, provide support, and celebrate resilience. Use this collection of social media graphics and posts to get started.
Build Resiliency During Early Childhood
Adversity during childhood is often unavoidable, even under the best of circumstances and certainly during COVID-19. Fortunately, families and communities can create buffers that protect children from many of the negative health and life outcomes that stem from adversity. Learn more in this article.
Dad's Mental Health Matters
Did you know that one in 10 fathers get Paternal Postpartum Depression (PPPD) and up to 16 percent of fathers suffer from an anxiety disorder during the perinatal period? These numbers may very well increase because of COVID-19. Take two steps today to support mental health for dads:
- Share this infographic, illustrating how much dads’ mental health matters during the early childhood period
- Read this article, which shares four strategies health care providers and public health professionals can use to better support dads’ mental health
Help Moms Know They're Not Alone
When her daughter was 6 weeks old, Elaine DeaKyne began to have frightening intrusive thoughts. “I thought about driving over a bridge, getting out of the car, and jumping off. So, I started avoiding driving over bridges,” she shares. Elaine was suffering from perinatal depression, a condition that affects hundreds of thousands of moms every year and puts the health of moms and babies at risk. Read her full story and learn how to ensure that more mothers are screened for depression and referred to support and resources.
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Like you, we have a shared passion for improving the health of every child in every state across the country. Join us in our mission. Take action to make a difference for children now and in the decades to come:
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