1st place: Bridget Loudon
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Jun 10, 2021
How can you support a friend struggling with their mental health? We asked students to answer this through art in one of the following categories: audiovisual, written, or artistic still.
MAMH partnered with the Massachusetts Health Council for our second annual May is Mental Health "Youth Expressions" contest for middle school and high school students. Students across the Commonwealth used a range of art forms to describe how they support friends and maintain their own mental health - even during a pandemic.
We asked students to enter their submissions in one of the following categories: audiovisual, written, or artistic still. We were thrilled with the overwhelming response and quality of submissions. A wide variety of ideas from all over Massachusetts were submitted, demonstrating the importance of paying attention to our own mental health and supporting our friends with theirs.
Artistic Still
Caption 1st place winner, Jesse Ding
Caption 2nd place winner, Misael Godoy Nuñez
Caption 3rd place winner, Kaila Hardy
Audiovisual
U.S. House of Representative approves $1.65 million to support Middlesex County Restoration Center
Advocacy
An appropriations bill advanced by the U.S. House of Representatives includes $1.65 million for a Middlesex County Restoration Center to provide crisis and urgent care for people with behavioral health needs, diverting them from arrest, jail, and hospitalization.
Rep. Decker and Sen. Cyr honored as Legislative Champions for work on mental health issues
Leading Change
Mental Health America honored Rep. Marjorie Decker and Sen. Julian Cyr today for outstanding work on mental health issues.
The power and importance of mental health breaks, Olympics or not
Leading Change
Champion gymnast Simone Biles’ decision yesterday to walk away from the Olympic competition showed us that sometimes “mental toughness” means knowing when you’ve had enough.
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