Monthly Resources – May 2024 (updated from 2023)

Video: Break the Stigma Around Children’s Mental Health

Show this video from Children’s Hospital Colorado to your colleagues, your students and their parents!

Mental health stigma:

• lingers from earlier times when
  • mental health was not well understood
  • people who suffered from mental illness were feared and isolated

• is exacerbated by social media’s images of false perfection

The video urges overcoming stigma with:

• constructive discussion
• empowering words