by PEERS | Jun 1, 2018 | Media Alerts
“No Feeling is Final:” New Mental Health Podcast Explores Suicide and Reasons for Living “Just ask for help,” is a refrain we often hear in mental health awareness and anti-stigma campaigns. But when mental health advocate Honor Eastly found herself in a mental health...
by PEERS | May 12, 2018 | Media Alerts
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States (CDC). There is one death by suicide in the US every 12 minutes (CDC). And the suicide rates continue to go up. Despite all the good efforts of so many put into suicide prevention, intervention, and...
by PEERS | May 1, 2018 | Media Alerts
May is Mental Health Month is here once again. There are numerous ways to make your voice heard and to speak up for recovery and against stigma and discrimination. Here are some opportunities and resources to get involved, help raise awareness, and make change!...
by PEERS | Apr 28, 2018 | Media Alerts
While preventing sexual violence and providing support for survivors should be a focus all year round, April is a month dedicated to raising awareness about the prevalence of sexual assault and available resources for survivors and loved ones. The statistics are...
by PEERS | Apr 10, 2018 | Media Alerts
In recent weeks, several NBA players have spoken out about mental health, paving the way for boys and men to care for their mental health and to seek support when necessary. DeMar DeRozan reached out through a cryptic Tweet: “This depression got the best of me,”...
by PEERS | Apr 1, 2018 | Media Alerts
For too long, the understanding of human distress has been individualized, ignoring the context for people’s behaviors and symptoms. But an exciting new framework from the British Psychological Society (BPS) holds promise for shifting how people living with behavioral...
