Mental Health
What is Mental Health?
Mental Health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.
How Do You Support Your Mental Health?
Just as you support your physical health by eating, exercising and taking care of your body, you support your mental health by practicing helpful strategies that keep your mind, emotions, actions healthy. Some helpful resources and tools to practice taking care of your mental health are below.
Self care
Mindfulness
Talking to a trusted adult
Having ways to expressing your emotions
Connecting with others
Have a Mental Health Tool Kit
Mental Illness Fact Sheet
Mental-Illness-Fact-Sheets-mg.pdf