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May isn’t just another page on the calendar, at least not for those of us who care about mental illness. It’s an invitation to change lives, including your own, through Mental Health Awareness Month (sometimes just called Mental Health Month) activities. Mental Health America’s 2025 theme, “Turn Awareness into Action,” challenges each of us to move beyond posts and pins and do something concrete for mental wellness, and this is a theme I agree with entirely. Let’s try to move beyond mere awareness into education, advocacy, policy change, and more.
Why Mental Health Awareness Month Matters
Since 1949, Mental Health Awareness Month has pushed the conversation about depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder,…