Another Day Walk 2022
This year’s Another Day Walk was a success! Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who made Saturday go so smoothly. Shout out to Germanna Community College nursing students, Spotsylvania High School CGS students, and ALL our other homies!
The crisis of student mental health is much vaster than we realize
“Nationally, adolescent depression and anxiety — already at crisis levels before the pandemic — have surged amid the isolation, disruption and hardship of covid-19.”
Amid barbershop chairs, counselor focuses on mental health
Gary Taylor, licensed clinical social worker in Caroline County, is getting creative about reaching community members and breaking the stigma surrounding mental health.
New 988 Suicide Hotline Sees Increase in Calls for Help
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, get help immediately. Call or text 988 from anywhere in the country, or call RACSB HopeStarter Emergency Services locally at 540-373-6876.
Our September Stories
An excerpt from The Medication Conversation:
Taking medication is just one of many treatments that people with mental health challenges can try. When I asked [Bradbury] about her view of psychiatric medication, she shared, “There are some conditions that you need medication for and there should be no stigma attached to it.”
An excerpt from Learning from Each Other:
“It has been great to be around someone at a different stage in life from me and who has a different perspective. I have learned so much from Gwen. On paper it may look like we have nothing in common, but we have a lot to offer each other.”