Mental Health America – Wabash Valley Region

“Without mental health there can be no true physical health.”

— Dr. Brock Crisholm, the first Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)

Join us in shining a light on mental health and helping to transform care by participating, volunteering, donating, advocating, attending an event and staying informed.

Mental Healthcare Forum White Paper

Services

State of Mental Health in America

View the 2019 “State of Mental Health in America” report.
Learn how Indiana ranks in mental health and substance use services.

Make a Difference

MHA's mental health awareness campaign-kickoff featuring the ONE IN FOUR photo exhibit was held on the tenth anniversary of the Joey A. Seaman Memorial Mental Health Library, in the summer of 2015.

MHA's ONE IN FOUR photo exhibit has been traveled to Washington DC as well as displayed in numerous locations throughout our community. The photo exhibit is currently on display in the MHA Community Building.

Events

• Anxiety & Depression Support Group

  Date: December 5, 2018

  Time: 6:00 PM

  Location:

  Lilly Conference Room - MHA
  914 South St.
  Lafayette, IN 

  A support group for adults who have experienced anxiety and/or depression.

• Bipolar Disorder Support Group

  Date: December 5, 2018

  Time: 6:00 PM

  Location:

  Retreat Center - MHA
  914 South St.
  Lafayette, IN

  A support group for adults who have experienced Bipolar Disorder.

• Survivors of Sexual Assault Support Group

  Date: December 12, 2018

  Time: 7:00 PM

  Location:

  Retreat Center - MHA
  914 South St.
  Lafayette, IN

  A support group for adults who've been sexually assaulted.

• Survivors of Suicide Support Group

  Date: December 17, 2018

  Time: 7:00 PM

  Location:

  Lilly Conference Room - MHA
  914 South St.
  Lafayette, IN

  A support group for adults who have lost someone they care about through suicide.
  

• Youth Mental Health First Aid

  Date: February 26, 2019

  Time: 8:30 AM

  Location:

  Lilly Conference Room - MHA
  914 South St.
  Lafayette, IN 

  Learn to recognize the warning signs of a mental health crisis or challenge and how to assist an adolescent if they may be experiencing one.  

• Mental Health First Aid

  Date: March 15, 2019

  Time: 8:00 AM

  Location:

  Lilly Conference Room
  914 South Street
  Lafayette, IN 47901

  An 8-hour interactive training course for adults that teaches signs and symptoms or prevalent mental illnesses and a 5-step action plan to assist someone in need.

What's New

• ADHD a biological condition, not just behavioral, new research shows

  Date: May 21, 2018

  Author: NBC News

  Researchers compared brain scans of 90 young children and found that those with ADHD symptoms also had smaller brain volume, especially in the frontal lobe -- the area that controls motor function, attention and decision making

• Maintaining a daily rhythm is important for mental health, study suggests

  Date: May 15, 2018

  Author:

  Sticking to a normal daily rhythm -- being active during the day and sleeping at night -- can have more benefits than you might expect.

  A new study found that it is linked to improvements in mood and cognitive functioning as well as a decreased likelihood of developing major depression and bipolar disorder.

• Pediatricians Call For Universal Depression Screening For Teens

  Date: February 26, 2018

  Author: Allison Aubrey

  It's easy to mistake adolescent depression for something else, child psychiatrists say; the signs can include misbehavior, eating problems or sleep trouble.