Source: MUSC. The Catalyst, June 6, 2008, P. 16. “Mental health fun walk raises money, awareness” by Bryan Counts
Summary: MUSC employees participated in the 4th Annual Mental Health Month Fun Run/Walk on May 17th at Hampton Park. It was organized by the Charleston Area National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the Institute of Psychiatry. Proceeds from the event benefit NAMI outreach programs of support, awareness and education.
Application: First, social support to help persons suffering from and those affected by those people is a healthy coping mechanism. Second, exercise is important to mental health, since the neurotransmitter endorphin is released during physical exercise. Endorphins produce intense feelings of happiness, and can induce sleep in high doses. Third, educational psychologists, we learned in the first chapter, are dedicated to educating the public about mental health, and this 5K run helped do this by bringing awareness of mental health to the public.
1 comment:
It's a wonderful thing that people still think about mental illness. I have not seen any kind of events to help support the research of mental illness. It's wonderful that people can still care about the mental illness people.. For a while all I ever hear about is brast cancer and ms and other illness. But that was a goodidea to have a fundraise for the mental illness people..
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