Mental Health includes so many aspects of our overall well-being. The way we think, feel, move and act are all impacted by our mind.
Do you ever ignore your mental wellbeing until you feel angry or sad? Giving your mental health a boost doesn’t have to be reserved for when things are going wrong. Mental health exercises can and should be done any time. They help you stay refreshed and have a clear and positive outlook in life!
Here are some helpful resources to support mental health and wellbeing provided by the NCHPAD GROWTH team!
Organizations:
- CDC Mental Health
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have created several helpful resources for coping with stress, such as mental health quizzes, information for mental health in teens and children, and more!
- Mental Health America
- Mental Health America is a leader in creating positive change for individuals with mental health conditions. With helpful videos, toolkits, data and podcasts, you can learn more about the facts behind mental health!
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- NAMI is a great resource to learn more about a broad range of topics, including mental health conditions, warning signs, support groups and advocacy.
- National Institute of Mental Health
- NIH covers a wide range of mental health topics with helpful information to help individuals understand certain mental health conditions, treatments, symptoms and more.
Apps:
- Insight Timer
- Insight Timer is an app that covers a wide range of helpful resources about sleep health, mental health and more. With informative blogs about mental health and guided meditations, Insight Timer could be a great app to try in your daily routines!
- Headspace
- Headspace is an app with content primarily focused on mindfulness, mental health and sleep. They also have helpful articles and resources that cover many different topics within mental health!
Meditation:
- 6 Mindfulness Exercises That Each Take Less Than 1 Minute
- This blog from Psychology Today covers several mini-mindfulness exercises to try from anywhere and on your own time. These exercises are not like typical meditations, instead, they focus more on being present and noticing physical and emotional feelings.
- Mindful.org
- Mindful has many great articles about guided meditations, meditations on podcasts, links to courses and helpful guides.
- Mindfulnessexercises.com
- Mindfulness Exercises is loaded with great mindfulness and meditation practices with videos and audio on the site. Receive guided meditations from several different meditation experts and learn more about the science behind meditation in their articles.
Podcasts:
- Mindfulness Mode by Bruce Langford
- This website has good links to podcasts and mindfulness, meditation and sleep. You can also find links to books about mindfulness, downloadable tools and helpful blogs!
- Tara Brach
- Tara Brach is a well-known mindfulness meditation teacher who focuses on spiritual practices and having full engagement with our world. The website has links to mindfulness courses and communities with other individuals who are interested in mindfulness!
Tools:
- Mental Health Screeners
- These online screening tools come from Mental Health America to determine your symptoms and help lead you to a further discussion with your healthcare provider if needed. You can also learn more about several different mental health conditions as well.
- CDC Explore Your Emotions
- Our mind is a complex thing! Sometimes we may feel certain feelings and not know why. The CDC’s Explore Your Emotions resource can help you take a deep dive into what you’re feeling and what you can do about it and get helpful resources along the way.
- Psychology Tools
- Psychology Tools is a great platform with handouts, exercises, audio resources, guides and more. Here are a few resources picked out by our GROWTH team to check out on the Psychology Tools website.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy:
- HelpGuide.org
- This website is full of great content about Mental Health, blogs about healthy living and short guided meditations to try on the site!
- Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff
- This website is primarily focused on self-compassion through guided practices, building an online community with others, and taking courses.
Finding Treatment
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