Support Mental Health

Without your help, our century of service to those in need would not have been possible. There are three ways you can support MHA today:

Donate! Make a general donation to MHA, including gifts in honor of a special occasion.

Join! Become a member of the Mental Health America Movement! For just $5 a month, you can help us Advocate on behalf of families in need, Educate America on critical mental health issues, and Serve those living with or affected by a mental or substance-use condition.

Signup! Signup to receive regular Mental Health America news updates, advocacy alerts, urgent mental health information, and important press releases.

May is Mental Health Month 2012

Join Mental Health America and our over 240 affiliates nationwide as we celebrate 2012 May is Mental Health Month. There are two themes for this year’s activities:

Do More For 1 in 4 is a call to action to help the 1 in 4 American adults who will have a diagnosable, treatable mental health condition every year and that treatment works, recovery is the expectation, and screening is a first step to help.

Healing Trauma’s Invisible Wounds brings to light the many sources of trauma, its profound health effects, the cost to trauma survivors and society, and new hope for healing.

• Download our May is Mental Health Month materials

• Purchase publications from our Store

• Find your local affiliate

2012 Capitol Hill Day

Mental Health America is teaming up with the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare to continue our long-held tradition of highlighting our presence and issues on Capitol Hill!! The events will take place on Monday, June 25th and Tuesday, June 26th.

Our partnership with the National Council offers a significant opportunity to come together as a community to amplify our voices on Capitol Hill while keeping attendees' expenses to a minimum. There is no registration fee for Mental Health America attendees for the two-day event.

For more information, please visit http://www.thenationalcouncil.org/cs/join_us_in_2012.

We very much hope you will join us for this important event.

For updates and progress, please view our legislative and policy resources, action alerts and Advocacy newsletters and issue updates.

You're on the Team

Visit Mental Health America’s exciting new education tool, You’re On The Team, designed to help patients and providers work together using a process called shared-decision making.

Shared decision-making is a process that leads to a mutual decision by doctor and patient on what course of treatment to follow and what steps the patient needs to take to enact his or her plan.

You’re On The Team educates patients and doctors on the importance of shared-decision making and provides concrete steps and checklists for making the process a reality.

You won’t want to miss the great videos showing how the practice works!