Mental Health

Mental
Health

Did you know that
75-90% of visits to physicians are stress related?

Did you know that
every year more than 17 million Americans suffer from clinical depression,
including one in every five young people?

The impact of stress
and other mental wellness issues on the educational environment is becoming
a major issue among school employees and students. This growing concern
was reflected in the past two Representative Assemblies where more than
10,000 NEA delegates directed the NEA, through New Business Items, to
explore this issue and make more information available to schools on mental
wellness.

 

The NEA HIN Mental
Wellness program is partnering with national expert mental health organizations
and programs to establish an information, education, and training center
for NEA members on the nature of critical mental health issues facing
school employees and students, and ways to address these issues in school
and Education Association settings.

• Violence
  in Communities and Schools: A Stress Reduction Guide for Teachers and
  Other School Staff.
  This guide provides an overview of the impact of violence on schools
  and presents information, recommendations, and resources to help teachers
  and other school personnel reduce and manage violence-related stress.
  Developed by NEA HIN with support from, and in collaboration with, the
  Center for Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental
  Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) at the U.S. Department of Health
  and Human Services. To view or download this document as an Adobe
  PDF file, click
  here
  (requires the Adobe
  Acrobat Reader)
  
  • see also:
    Practical Tips for Tackling
    the Psychological Impact of Terrorism: Managing/Reducing Stress
  • Click here
    – Helping
    America Cope: A Guide to Help Parents and Children Cope with the
    September 11th Terrorist Attacks – to download free guide.
    

• Violence-Related
  Stress: A Safe Schools Now Broadcast
  In collaboration with SAMHSA and the Teacher Stress Reduction Initiative,
  the NEA Safe Schools Now Network developed a 45 minute television
  broadcast: Violence-Related Stress: A Guide for School Staff. The
  broadcast is one of nine in a series of broadcast programs on
  school safety.
  
  
• Saving
  Kids From Suicide
  FEATURE STORY: In the April 2000 issue of NEA Today, Angela
  Oddone,MSW, NEAHIN’s Mental Wellness Programs Coordinator, offered insights
  on youth suicide from research and experts working on suicide prevention
  in schools. Read the unabridged article including links to key suicide
  resources.
  
  
• Warning
  Signs
  To help
  youth proactively address the problem of violence, including violence
  against oneself, the American Psychological Association (APA) and Music
  Television (MTV) have teamed up to provide youth with information about
  identifying the warning signs of violent behavior and how to get help
  if they recognize these signs in themselves or their peers.

• Report
  of the Surgeon General’s Conference on Children’s Mental Health: A National
  Action Agenda

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