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ADRA’s New Mental Health Initiative.

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2024 ADRA Marketing and Development has started a fresh mental health focus featuring ADRA projects that relate directly to mental health and have webinars and conversations with mental health professionals. The kick off is a webinar for parents and caregivers. Join ADRA for a special World Mental

World Mental Health Awareness Day (October 10).

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2024 Safe, healthy working environments can act as a protective factor for mental health. Unhealthy conditions, including stigma, discrimination, and exposure to risks like harassment and other poor working conditions, can pose significant risks, affecting mental health, overall quality of life, and consequently, participation or productivity at

World Mental Health Awareness Day (October 10)

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 Mental health is a basic human right for all people. Everyone, whoever and wherever they are, has a right to the highest attainable standard of mental health. This includes the right to be protected from mental health risks, the right to available, accessible, acceptable, and good

Reaching Vietnam through the Ministry of Mental Health

South-Asia Union Mission | Southern Asia-Pacific Division Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2022 Vietnam is recovering from Covid 19, dealing with anxiety, stress, and depression caused by isolation, social media, and poor sleep patterns. Vietnam’s Adventist community sees this as an opportunity to engage with the public and give solutions to this

Youth Alive Mental Health Initiative.

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2022 Among the troubling mental health issues faced by many globally during the COVID-19 pandemic, the numbers among young adults stand out! Among 18-24 year-olds, three in every four (75%) reported at least one adverse mental or behavioral health condition, and one in four (25%) reported seriously

World Mental Health Awareness Day (October 10).

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global mental health crisis due to the related short- and long-term stresses that undermine millions’ mental health. Estimates put the rise in anxiety and depressive disorders at more than 25% during the first year of the pandemic. In addition, growing

No Health Without Mental Health!

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2022 Writing to his friend Gaius, John the Revelator writes the following: “Dear Friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well” (3 John verse 2). This well-known verse could be

COVID-19 Mental Health Initiative (MHI)

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2022 Share this initiative supporting mental health among youth and young adults during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this COVID-19 Mental Health initiative, we can counter the mental health struggles in the aftermath of the pandemic. Explore free resources and make a difference by becoming a

Mental Health Resources for Youth

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2021 The mental health of youth and young adults will remain a major issue that will last beyond the pandemic. As a result, the Unites States Surgeon General created an Advisory on ‘Protecting Youth Mental Health.” The Advisory provides recommendations for action by individuals and institutions, creating

Youth Alive Mental Health Talks.

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2021 We have launched a series called Youth Alive Mental Health Talks hosted by youth for youth. From depression, anxiety, and self-esteem, to relationships, faith and lifestyle choices, these talks are intergenerational conversations between youth and mental health experts about relevant issues related to mental health and

World Mental Health Awareness Day (October 10).

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on people’s mental health. Some groups, including health and other frontline workers, students, people living alone, and those with pre-existing mental health conditions, have been particularly affected. And services for mental, neurological and substance use disorders have been

Youth Alive and Mental Health.

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2021 Access a full program discussing the pressing issue of Mental Health impacting youth and young adults during the pandemic. Check the conversations of youth, experts and youth leaders discussing their own experiences and sharing resources that can make a difference for the mental wellbeing of the

COVID-19 Mental Health Initiative (MHI)

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2021 This is an initiative supporting mental health among youth and young adults during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this COVID-19 Mental Health initiative we can counter isolation, loneliness and hopelessness by stimulating positive coping strategies and establishing appropriate support structures and initiatives where we are.

Religiosity and Health, Health Behaviors, Mental Health, Psychological Well-being Studies of Seventh-day Adventists

February 2021 Alina Baltazar, Duane McBride, Gary Hopkins, Curt VanderWaal Purpose The purpose of this brief document is to provide research literature from health studies of Seventh-day Adventist populations. This is not meant to be comprehensive, but hopefully sufficient to assist in providing relevant references about studies focusing spirituality and health in Adventist populations. The

COVID-19 Mental Health Initiative (MHI).

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2020 An initiative supporting mental health among youth and young adults during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this COVID-19 Mental Health initiative we can counter isolation, loneliness and hopelessness by stimulating positive coping strategies and establishing appropriate support structures and initiatives where we are. Explore free

COVID-19 Mental Health Initiative is Launched at Annual Council

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2020 Silver Spring, MD, USA | Inter-American Division (IAD) António Guterres, the United Nations‘ (UN) Secretary-General, stated that the mental health of society has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and is a priority to be addressed urgently. He added that Mental health will remain

Covid-19 Mental Health Initiative

Covid-19 Mental Health Initiative is an initiative supporting mental health among youth and young adults during and after the COVID-19 pandemic . Learn more and join in at www.youthaliveportal.org/mentalhealth

World Mental Health Awareness Day (October 10).

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2020 This year’s World Mental Health Day, comes at a time when our daily lives have changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have had many challenges: for health-care workers, providing care in difficult circumstances; for students, adapting to taking classes from home and anxious

Mental Health is the focus at the Health Summit in the Philippines

The Southern Asia-Pacific Division hosted its first ever Mental Health Summit. More than 400 delegates coming from the three Philippine unions participated in the summit on February 21-23, 2021. The Mental Health Summit investigated the inseparable relationship between the mind, the body, and the spirit, with the hallmark Adventist view of education: restoring the image

Mental Health Summit comes to Inter-America

Nearly 200 administrators and leaders from dozens of IAD countries and islands met in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, January 22-25, 2020, for several days of lectures, workshops, and opportunities for networking among the core group. Themed “Your Brain, Your Body, Your Heart,” the four-day event reinforced the need for the physical, mental, and spiritual health