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 Papers

• 2016 White Paper
• 2018 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

• Mental Health First Aid

  Date: April 26, 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 of prevalent mental illnesses and a 5-step action plan to assist someone in need.

• Brown Bag Forum Series

  Date: May 8, 2019

  Time: 12:00 PM

  Location:

  Lilly Room - MHA Community Building
  914 South St. Lafayette, IN 47901

  
  

  Join us for a frank discussion about eating disorders.  

  May 8th: Intuitive Eating: Evidence for the Non-Diet Approach

  • Renee Tilt, RDN, CD, Chief Executive Officer RoundTable Wellness

  
  

  June 12th: Orthorexia: When "Health" Eating Becomes a Disorder

  • Taylor Locker, Ph.D., HSPP, Locker Psychological Services

  
  

  July 10th: Benefits of Expressive Arts for All Ages and Stages

  • Dawn Dilly, Ph.D., HSPP, Expressive Art Therapist, Clinical Health Psychologist

• Survivors of Sexual Assault Support Group

  Date: May 8, 2019

  Time: 7:00 PM

  Location:

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

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

• Youth Mental Health First Aid

  Date: May 10, 2019

  Time: 8:00 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.  

• Survivors of Suicide Support Group

  Date: May 20, 2019

  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.
  

• ASIST

  Date: May 30, 2019

  Time: 8:30 AM

  Location:

  Lilly Conference Room - MHA
  914 South St.

  Lafayette, IN 47901

  
  

  
  

  Session 1 | Thursday, May 30 | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) Part 1 

  Session 2 | Friday, May 31  | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) Part 2

What's New

• What’s the Answer to the Shortage of Mental Health Care Providers?

  Date: March 30, 2019

  Author: David Levine

  "The shortage of psychiatrists is an escalating crisis … of more severity than shortages faced in virtually any other specialty."

• What is Self-Help for Mental Health?

  Date: March 28, 2019

  Author: SAMANTHA GLUCK

  Self-help has some key advantages over professional counseling in that it’s inexpensive, convenient, and you can tailor the program to your own schedule. Self-help books, ebooks, articles and Internet sites focusing on mental health can increase your knowledge and understanding of your behaviors and thought processes

• Building Resilience in Children – 20 Practical, Powerful Strategies (Backed by Science)

  Date: March 27, 2019

  Author: Karen Young

  During times of stress or adversity, the body goes through a number of changes designed to make us faster, stronger, more alert, more capable versions of ourselves. Our heart rate increases, blood pressure goes up, and adrenaline and cortisol (the stress hormone) surge through the body. In the short-term, this is brilliant, but the changes were only ever mean to be for the short-term. Here’s what happens …