05/18/2021
Women Over 50 Working To Improve Our Collective Mental Health: "The Covid-19 pandemic—and related economic slowdown—has produced a twin pandemic: a mental health crisis. Four in ten Americans are reporting symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder, up from 1 in 10 before the pandemic....While these statistics have helped further break the stigma around talking about mental health, there is still a long way to go. It’s why Mental Health Awareness month, which began in 1949, is still acknowledged every May. For this year’s edition of the observance, the National Alliance for Mental Illness is promoting a theme of “you are not alone,” to communicate to those who might be struggling that they are far from the only ones in that struggle."
This article represents one way in which women have been effected by the pandemic and collectively, what they are doing to improve and de-stigmatize mental health. I love the theme of "you are not alone"- sometimes it just takes one person to acknowledge you, one person to turn to.
In honor of Mental Health Awareness month and as part of our weekly series, in partnership with Know Your Value, highlighting women over 50 who are changing the world, this week we want to shine a light on the women over 50 who are working to break down stigmas around mental illness.
