A Conversation with Speaker Lina Lee on Mental Health Awareness and AAPI Heritage Month

The goal of Mental Health Awareness Month is to raise awareness of the importance of mental health and stop the stigma associated with mental illness.

Five Ways to Talk About Mental Health, According to Dr. Quist

This month we are observing Mental Health Awareness Month and continuing to create a safe space for individuals to talk about their mental health struggles and triumphs. Ryan Quist, Ph.D., is the Behavioral Health Services Director in Sacramento County. He is especially interested in mental health and substance abuse services for individuals who are involved […]

Stress Awareness Month: Q&A With Dr. Tasnim Khan on How to Handle Stress and Anxiety

This April, we are recognizing National Stress Awareness Month to bring attention to how excessive amounts of stress can negatively affect you.

Mental Wellness Strengthened Through Community Resilience

We can all cultivate a more knowable spirit in ourselves by checking on each other in any way we can.

Creating a Safe Space for LGBTQ+ Communities and Our Mental Health

There are countless stressors that members of LGBTQ+ communities face – whether from discrimination based on sexuality, gender identity or gender expression, alienation from family, anxiety surrounding the Respect for Marriage Act, as well as many other ongoing civil rights political battles. Moreover, many LGBTQ+ individuals face additional discrimination based on race, color, and ethnicity.

Mental Illness Awareness Week: Building understanding and conversation in our community

Ryan Quist, Ph.D., Sacramento County Behavioral Health Services Director As a community, we’ve faced a number of challenges and hardships over the past two years that have had very real impacts on each of our own mental wellbeing. From concerns over personal health and safety to dealing with the very real impacts of isolation as […]

Educating Students and Youth About Mental Health is a Necessity

Adolescence is filled with huge changes in quick succession – whether that’s physical growth, getting your first job, keeping up with school, graduating, or moving out of your family home.

Showing Compassion and Support for Vietnamese Community Members Living with Mental Health Conditions

Mental illnesses, just like physical illnesses, can happen to anyone.

علاج الضغط النفسي والتوتر ودعم الصحة النفسية في المجتمع الناطق باللغة العربية

بقلمد. نسريننورالدين،الأستاذةفيجامعةساكرامنتوالتابعةلولايةكاليفورنياونائبةمديرةبرنامجالتمريضفيجامعةالباسيفيكوالمديرةالمؤسسةلمركز SAHA الصحي. كثيرًا ما أحدث طلابي حول الآثار السلبية والبعيدة المدى للضغط النفسي والتوتر وذلك عن طريق استعمال التشبيه التالي: إذا أمسكت بكوب صغير من الماء في يدك لبضع دقائق، فربما لن تشغل بالك بهذا الأمر كثيرًا. إنك تلاحظه، لكنه لا يسبب لك أي ضرر.  ولكن، ماذا لو طُلب منك أن تمسك كوب […]

亞太裔 (AAPI) 傳統月 提供精神健康治療和支持的重要性 

作者:Darrick Lam,ACC Senior Services總裁兼首席執行長 過去幾年,COVID-19疫情令很多人感到孤立、失落和壓力。 隨著針對亞裔美國人暨太平洋島民 (Asian American and Pacific Islanders, AAPI) 社區仇恨犯罪的增加,我們內心和腦海中持續憂慮,擔心自己、家人及朋友的安全和生命。  我想藉此機會強調,我們現在比以往任何時候更需要對社區提供精神健康治療和支持。  對於許多社區同胞,近期仇恨犯罪造成的壓力對他們的身體、精神和情緖造成首次的傷害。對於某部份人,他們已受創的心理狀況亦可能因此而惡化。  不幸的是,很多人對精神健康存有歧視的看法,往往感到非常羞恥和尷尬。許多人害怕與朋友或親人談論他們的症狀,擔心自己會被視為「瘋子」而被人迴避,或者社區成員會認為他們是鬼魂附體。  事實上,我們不會因為某人患有心臟病而看不起該人。同樣地,我們也不應該因朋友或親人患有精神疾病而改變對他們的看法。 越早治療精神和身體問題,就越有利於整體健康和福祉。 患者通過與醫生討論精神健康症狀的治療方案,可預防症狀惡化,並讓患者過上充實、健康的生活。  由於社區持續對人身安全感到憂慮,我們必須減少對精神疾病產生的恥辱感。我們亦需要團結一致,為社區和親友的精神健康及安康提供支援。  為確保我們的朋友、家人和親人獲得需要的支援和治療,我們必須減少對精神疾病的污名化和羞辱,令他們感覺到有希望和支持。  在過去十年,沙加缅度縣「Mental Illness: It’s not always what you think」計劃一直致力於減少對精神疾病的污名化、促進精神健康及安康,並為精神病患者和家庭給予希望。該計劃針對當地的多元文化社區(包括廣東話社區)開展專項外展活動。如想了解以下更多社區資訊,請造訪以下網頁: 減少社區對抗精神疾病污名化活動https://www.stopstigmasacramento.org/communities/漢語 (漢語) 如何與疑受精神疾病困擾人仕敞開心扉: https://www.stopstigmasacramento.org/conversation-starters/ (英語)https://www.stopstigmasacramento.org/conversation-starters/?language=%25e6%25bc%25a2%25e8%25aa%259e (漢語)  患者服務資源:https://www.stopstigmasacramento.org/services/ (英語) 分享患者親身經歷和故事,或為患者家屬提供支援的經歷https://www.stopstigmasacramento.org/get-involved/speakers-bureau/ (英語) 長者護伴服務,以確保沙加缅度縣長者在出行時的安全https://sacssc.org/#About (英語)