A natural movement has increasingly placed mental health as a crucial aspect of quality of life; understand yellow september
extension of World Suicide Prevention Daytaking place on 9/10, Settembre Giallo is a suicide awareness and prevention campaign, as well as a dissemination initiative mental health and its impacts as an essential issue for well-being, also countering the prejudices on the subject.
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How was the campaign born?
It is inspired by Mike Emme, a young American who committed suicide in September 1994. At the wake, family and friends distributed cards with yellow ribbons and inspirational quotes as a way to support emotionally disturbed people. The color of the ribbons was not chosen by chance, Mike had a yellow car and, therefore, was taken into action.
When did Yellow September appear in Brazil?
The campaign has been running in Brazil since 2015, when the Brazilian Psychiatric Association (ABP), the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) and the Center for the Enhancement of Life (CVV) embraced the initiative.
With a high volume of monthly internet searches, “Mental health” has been increasingly debated and seen as a crucial pillar for well-being and life quality of people. However, stigmas remain on the subject: this is indicated by a recent research conducted by the Instituto Cactus and AtlasIntel only 5% of Brazilians undergo therapy.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Brazil is one of the most worried countries in the world, given that other alarming ones are added: the population also suffers from a high rate of stress and the country has a high number of cases of the Burnout, the syndrome of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion.
Mental health and warning signs
Each individual has a way of dealing with situations and emotional states, therefore, in addition to acting with empathy and always seeking reliable information, it is necessary watch out for the signsoften silent, that those around you may emit, such as:
- Putting interests aside and changing habits suddenly
- Social isolation and silence
- Substance abuse, such as alcohol
- Frequent mood swings
- Persistent negative thoughts
- excessive crying
The Center for the Appreciation of Life (CVV)
The institution voluntarily and free of charge serves all people who want or need to speak. The CVV provides emotional support and suicide prevention (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) in total confidentiality by telephone (just dial 188), email and chat. There are also presence assistance centers and you can check more details about the center on the official website: cvv.org.br
Mental health: Atma plans actions for the month of September
OR Atma meditation app it has more than a thousand contents at your service and puts self-knowledge at the center of well-being. September brings special initiatives and content focused on mental health; watch:
In the Atma app
- Special of the month – Yellow September: Find the light within you: a selection of meditations to rediscover and strengthen your essence and inner peace.
In addition to the selection of meditations of the month, with some titles also released for non-subscribers, the application has several collections and meditations, including free contentso users can start taking care of their mental health at no cost.
Social media
On @atma.vc on Instagram you can follow:
- Publications about the campaign and advice for well-being and quality of life
- live special with Monk Satyanatha (4/9)
Watch the live presented by Monk Satyanatha on September 4th.
Source: Terra
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