Suicide Prevention
The Ad Council, in partnership with Intermountain Health and a coalition of health care and business leaders, has launched the social impact program "Agree to Agree," an initiative to reduce gun-related tragedies affecting children and teens.
People in need of immediate help with mental health issues have a new option for treatment with the opening of the Behavioral Health Center at Lancaster General Hospital.
Shodair Children鈥檚 Hospital in Helena, Mont., has launched the Hope Campaign to reduce stigma and encourage conversations about youth mental health.
A survey released Oct. 9 and funded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, a public-private partnership whose members include the AHA, shows 63% of U.S. adults are aware of the 988 Suicide鈥
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
The Farmer Angel Network support group is devoted to suicide prevention in Wisconsin's farming communities. In this conversation, co-founder Brenda Statz, Carey Craker, marketing and volunteer services associate at Reedsburg Area Medical Center, and Christy Updike, transformation program manager at鈥
The Farmer Angel Network is a support group devoted to suicide prevention in Wisconsin's farming communities.
Intermountain Health invited 鈥淭he Defensive Line,鈥 a group of professional athletes who have struggled with their own mental health issues, to talk with high school students in Las Vegas鈥檚 Clark County School District about the importance of addressing mental health.
The Department of Health and Human Services and National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, a public-private partnership whose members include the AHA, April 23 released a national strategy and federal plan to prevent suicide over the next 10 years. The updated strategy includes a new pillar鈥
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Join us in celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month 2025 and learn how hospitals and health systems are addressing behavioral health care.