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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but if you're like WCCO, you know it is essential to check in with yourself and your loved ones every month.
Let's be real: life can be overwhelming. Your brain needs a break between emails, errands, board meetings, and your cat's feeding schedule. That's why we're giving it the love it needs this Mental Health Awareness Month. Follow us on your television or streaming device for stories on brain research and chemistry. Hear from local nonprofits working to support you, and receive a reminder to check in with yourself when time seems to go by too fast. Engage with us on social media and share your tips and tricks to having a good day or how you have been a bright spot for someone else.
NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with mental illnesses and their families. For over 40 years, NAMI Minnesota has worked to promote the development of community and mental health programs and services, change public attitudes and mental illnesses, improve access to services, and increase opportunities for recovery. To find out about NAMI Minnesota's resources, education classes, support groups, and more, click here.
Reaching out for help and talking to friends, family, or a trained mental health counselor can be the first step to feeling better. Whether you are looking for tools to improve your own mental health or to help family and friends who may need encouragement or support, we hope the information below can be an important resource to you.
If you or someone you know needs support, you can find a comprehensive list of Mental Health resources here.
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All donations to NAMI Minnesota fund their peer-led support groups, family education classes, helpline, public policy work, suicide prevention classes, public awareness, outreach to the community, and so much more. Every dollar raised helps NAMI Minnesota in its mission to support all people affected by mental illnesses and create positive change in the mental health system. For ways to donate, click here.
Around 100 were fired from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
More than half of teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 use popular social media sites like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat, according to the Pew Research Center. While social media allows teenagers to connect, safety advocates say it also presents harmful content.
One gun owner heard voices telling her to kill the president. Another mused about shooting up a school. But neither of those crimes happened, thanks in part to Minnesota's new red flag law.
Access to health care when we need it most is something many of us have come to count on, but many communities are seeing cuts to services that limit that access.
Minneapolis police officers are learning new ways to care for those with mental health or behavioral issues.
Mental health is a topic that some might feel uncomfortable talking about. In St. Louis Park there's one event trying to change that.
The Brooklyn Park Police Department has created another Alternative Response Team after seeing the success garnered from its first squad.
Whether it's for five or 15 minutes, Johnson says the small amount of time spent meditating has made a big difference.
Fargo police say officers fatally shot a suicidal person just before 11 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Alan Vanhoever and Brian Neidt are honored to have served the United States. Both struggled with addiction for years before giving a specialized long-term program a try.
