Recognizing and Addressing Mental Health Warning Signs
Recognizing and Addressing Mental Health Warning Signs
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Register for workshop on Recognizing and Addressing Mental Health Warning Signs
LOCATION: live broadcasted on zoom (Link sent after registering)
WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. CST
Saturday, January 18th (3rd Saturday of the month)
TOPIC: Recognizing and Addressing Mental Health Warning Signs
PRESENTER: Mental Health Initiative for South Asians (mhisa.org)
Previous recorded sessions: Mental Health Series at NAMCC - YouTube
Agenda:
With outreach, MHISA aims to conduct workshop sessions consisting of 10 projects at Religious & Community Centers with the goal of fostering open and healthy conversations surrounding mental health within their peers, families, and community. These workshops are molded to integrate faith-based perspectives to promote acceptance and understanding of mental health realities. Each session emphasizes individual engagement, discussion, and personal reflection.
Participants each receive a workbook with the curriculum for all 10 projects included. At each workshop a participant attends, they will progress through the items in the project that they are on. Sessions are conducted in the format of a curriculum based support group. A combination of techniques prioritizing interactive activities and action items are at the forefront of the curriculum to encourage individual engagement and action in a think, pair, share format. Community support leaders lead sessions along with a mental health professional to assist in guiding healthy conversation.
Topics:
1. Dua
2. Open format discussion
3. Sharing materials and resources
PRESENTER
Mental Health Initiative for South Asians (mhisa.org)
In 2021, during their freshman year of college, founders suffered the loss of their close friend and roommate in a tragic murder-suicide where he took the lives of himself and his family.
Their roommate was struggling with a variety of inadequately treated mental illnesses. However, like so many members of the South Asian-American community, his parents simply lacked the tools, resources, and education necessary for providing him the care he needed.
The tragedy of their roommate and his family revealed that there are many environmental factors and structural barriers to effective mental health care unique to South Asians. Fueled with heartache and a passion for change, they went on to create a youth-led grass-roots initiative that enables South Asians struggling with mental illness to lead better and healthful lives.
Website: http://mhisa.org
Previously conducted sessions can be viewed at:
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