Mental Illness Awareness Week #MIAW #B4Stage4

Oct 6, 2014

Facts listed on this infographic from MHAScreening.org:

Get Screened, America!

125,000 screens since the launch of MHAScreening.org in May 2014
66% screened positive for moderate to severe anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, or PTSD…
and 64% of them had never been diagnosed.
44% said they would discuss results with someone.
Stay healthy. Take a screen, and talk to a doctor, family member, or friend about your results.
After taking a screen, this is what people want most. HELP (most heavily weighted word in word cluster)
Take a screen MHAScreening.org
MHA Mental Health America #B4Stage4

Why B4Stage4?

When we think about cancer, heart disease, or diabetes, we don’t wait years to treat them. We start way before Stage 4. We begin with prevention…

This is what we should be doing when people have serious mental illnesses, too. When they first begin to experience symptoms such as loss of sleep, feeling tired for no reason, feeling low, feeling anxious, or hearing voices, we should act.

http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/b4stage4

#B4Stage4 #MIAW Mental Health Screening MHA MHAScreening.org

Comments

11 responses to “Mental Illness Awareness Week #MIAW #B4Stage4”

Concetta

February 13, 2015

Pretty! This has been an incredibly wonderful article. Many thanks for providing these details.
sheridegrom – From the literary and legislative trenches.

October 10, 2014

Kitt – Please excuse my delay in responding. Could you possibly tell me a little more of what you are looking for and do you have a specific date in mind? The month of Oct will be taken up with writing posts for ‘medicine safety’ and I haven’t started yet. My e-mail is sdegrom@conwaycorp.net. I’m honored you thought of me and am looking forward to hearing from you. Sheri
Kitt O’Malley

October 8, 2014

Would you be interested in writing a piece for Stigmama.com? You would have broken glass ceilings and in doing so countered stereotypes.
Kitt O’Malley

October 8, 2014

Thank you, Sheri!
sheridegrom – From the literary and legislative trenches.

October 8, 2014

Excellent post, Kitt.
Kitt O’Malley

October 6, 2014

Thank Ellen Stockdale Wolfe. Her blog post today lead me to this information: http://stockdalewolfe.com/2014/10/06/life-vs-death-living-vs-existing/
Kitt O’Malley

October 6, 2014

So glad to hear. Best of luck with your appointment with your pdoc.
Kitt O’Malley

October 6, 2014

Thank you!
Johnny Ojanpera

October 6, 2014

Thanks for posting this, Kitt! I am going in for my three month screening next week so my p-doc can make sure I am still bipolar, and stable. I waited until stage 4 when I was young because there was so little awareness, but I am alive because of my first screening. Help is out there!
flippyzipflop

October 6, 2014

I had no idea that you, too suffered from bipolar disorder. Thank you so much for sharing this!! Lots of love and luck to you as I know it is far from easy to deal with, hence my other blog…
~Kate
flippyzipflop

October 6, 2014

Reblogged this on FlippyZipFlop and commented:
I have been diagnosed with several diagnoses, and can’t stress how important this truly is. Thank you for sharing this info Kitt!! It is much appreciated. I already all of my diagnoses, but maybe it can help someone else who might not know they are positive for something. You are awesome for providing this!!