Mental Health Prevention in a Reactive Society

Although society is now stuck in a reactionary state of taking care of its mental health and wellbeing, it doesn’t need to be this way. In fact, it shouldn’t. Rather than reacting to the mental health crisis, society should have already implemented proactive, or preventive, measures for greater mental health. After all, everyone has mental health, all the time. And everyone is somewhere on the spectrum of mental health wellness. Yet our current mental health programs are treatment based. They’re designed and built to support the 1 in 5 adults annually who experience some form of mental health illness. The mental health of these individuals shouldn’t be the only ones considered important during a pandemic — or at any other time. Guests: Sharon Grigsby: Facilitator, Faculty Social Sciences, Education Kimberly Young, MS, CLC, IMH-E, Case Manager, Adjunct Faculty Psychology Rachel Hanson, MS,CLC,IMH-E, Adjunct Faculty Psychology