mental health month : mind your health


Welcome to the 2006 May Is Mental Health Month Campaign!

We’re thrilled to have you aboard our annual campaign to promote mental wellness and overall health in your community. This 50-year tradition helps improve the lives of millions of Americans every May.

The theme for this year’s observance is MIND Your Health, which focuses on the mind-body connection. The materials we offer here rely on the latest research showing that being healthy doesn’t pertain just to our physical health—our mental and physical well-being go hand in hand.

Our materials give practical tips that people of all ages and backgrounds can use to help balance everyday stresses, increase their awareness of mental health issues, and improve their overall health. We also provide how-to’s for reaching out to specific audiences.

Together we’ll send the MIND Your Health message louder and farther than ever—everywhere we live, work, learn and play. This site contains all the materials you’ll need to launch a successful Mental Health Campaign this May and throughout the year:
• How to Get Started (pdf)
• Mental Health Month Messages (pdf)
• May Calendar of Events (pdf)
• Activity Ideas (pdf)
• How to Plan and Run a Health Fair or Information Booth 
• Media and Publicity Guide (pdf)
• Fast Facts (pdf)
• MIND Your Stress—On the Job (pdf)
• Signs of Depression Checklist (English/Spanish) (pdf)
• Helping Children Grow Up Healthy—Mind & Body (English/Spanish) (pdf)
• Taking Care of an Aging Parent—How to Cope (pdf)
• Kids Materials/Childhood Depression Awareness Day

Online Materials
Our online materials provide planning and activity ideas, fact sheets and a media guide you can use to engage your entire community in this important mission—all free of charge! Refer your colleagues here, so they can do the same. Just click on the materials listed to the right and download!

Kids Materials!
Don’t miss this special section dedicated to Childhood Depression Awareness Day, which offers free materials specifically designed for parents and caregivers to raise awareness of childhood depression, and other mental health issues in kids and teens.

MIND Your Health Workplace Guide
Use our newly updated Workplace Guide to launch a wellness program in your own workplace and to distribute to other employers. Realize the benefits of worksite wellness programs: savings on health and mental health expenses, improved productivity, reduced absenteeism and better morale. Purchase the guide today!

Purchase Workplace Guide Products Separately!
By popular demand, choose from new and selected items from the Workplace Guide, packaged in bulk and ready for distribution: fact sheets, posters, folders, buttons, pins, Post-Its and Pens—all featuring the MIND Your Health logo. Click here for more information about purchasing these useful products!

Affiliates Only!
We’re excited to offer this special section that contains Mental Health Month Materials specifically designed for our valued partners. Affiliates and partners: Click here to log in to the “Affiliate Only” site — have your password ready!

Publicize Your Plans!
Once you’ve made your plans, be sure to register your Mental Health Month events on NMHA’s online Event Calendar.

Good luck, and thank you for spreading the MIND Your Health message this May!

For more information, contact your local Mental Health Association or the National Mental Health Association at 800-969-NMHA (6642), or visit www.nmha.org.