Mental Health Is Important to Overall Health
October 4th-10th is Mental Illness Awareness Week, and COVID-19 has made this issue much more prevalent across the country, so what better time than the present to advocate for and support our neighbors suffering from mental illness.
Mental and physical health are equally important components of overall health. Mental illness, especially depression, increases the risk for many types of physical health problems, particularly long-lasting conditions like stroke, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. Similarly, the presence of chronic conditions can increase the risk for mental illness.
Mental illnesses are among the most common health conditions in the United States.
SHM patients need your support in providing critical health care programs like mental health services to those suffering in our community. Today, you have the opportunity to save someone's life. Today, you can free someone of their pain. Today, you can end the suffering for someone like Monica. Today, you can provide your neighbor with healthcare services such as a mental health appointment. YOU can give the gift of healing. Just $25 could provide a mental health appointment to a patient in need. How many patients can you help? Click the button below to donate today!
Mental and physical health are equally important components of overall health. Mental illness, especially depression, increases the risk for many types of physical health problems, particularly long-lasting conditions like stroke, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. Similarly, the presence of chronic conditions can increase the risk for mental illness.
Mental illnesses are among the most common health conditions in the United States.
- More than 50% will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder at some point in their lifetime.
- 1 in 5 Americans will experience a mental illness in a given year.
- 1 in 5 children, either currently or at some point during their life, have had a seriously debilitating mental illness.
- 1 in 25 Americans lives with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression.
SHM patients need your support in providing critical health care programs like mental health services to those suffering in our community. Today, you have the opportunity to save someone's life. Today, you can free someone of their pain. Today, you can end the suffering for someone like Monica. Today, you can provide your neighbor with healthcare services such as a mental health appointment. YOU can give the gift of healing. Just $25 could provide a mental health appointment to a patient in need. How many patients can you help? Click the button below to donate today!
You may also send a check payable to Samaritan Health Ministries.
Mailing address:
Samaritan Health Ministries
904 Crystal Falls Pkwy
Leander, TX 78641
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Samaritan's EIN is 74-2570190.