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| FundaMENTAL Matters August 1st, 2016 Issue #81 |
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Because there is no health without Mental Health!
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Looking for something fun to do that also supports a good cause? Head to World of Beer's Midtown location this Sunday and they will donate 20% of your meal purchase to MHA of GA. 
RSVP to our Facebook Event today! |
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DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER YOUR SCHOOL FOR KOTB!
Kids on the Block (KOTB) is an innovative puppetry arts program that utilizes multicultural, life-sized puppets that perform copyrighted scripts on various topics to help children understand mental and physical illness and teach them methods of managing behaviors that are safe, supportive, and healthy.
MHA of Georgia performs Kids on the Block at schools, day care centers, health fairs, faith-based communities, community centers, and military bases, among others.
Click here to learn more and schedule a performance today!
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DID YOU KNOW?
According to the American Society for the Positive Care of Children, 28 percent of students aged 12-18 report being bullied at school.Childhood bullying can have lasting effects on mental health. As kids get ready to go back to school, make sure to have open dialogue about bullying.
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IT'S ALL ABOUT RESILIENCE
Researchers found that child soldiers with PTSD who demonstrated high resilience scores appeared to be protected from the e
levated
corresponding transcriptional response to adversity (
CTRA) gene expression compared to those with average or low resilienc
e. In fact, PTSD-affected child soldiers with high levels of resilience had comparable gene expression to the civilian youth who had no signs of PTSD. The finding suggests that PTSD did not impact CTRA gene expression among highly resilient children.
Dr. Kohrt,
professor of psychiatry and global health at Duke, adds, "
Interventions to promote resilience can be delivered more easily than specialized PTSD treatments in post-conflict and post-disaster settings, and our study raises the hope that resilience-focused interventions could change the genetic response to childhood trauma."
To learn more about the research study, click here.
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CLINICAL TRIALS CORNER
Bipolar Disorder (Pediatric) Research Study
Treatment of Severe Mood Dysregulation, SMD
(Inpatient: 12- to 15 weeks) This study tests the efficacy of different treatments for decreasing irritability in children with severe mood and behavioral problems. Participants have symptoms of severe irritability and are not doing well on their current medications. The child must be currently in treatment with a physician, medically healthy and not currently hospitalized, psychotic or suicidal. The study includes day or full hospitalization to discontinue medication, followed by either methylphenidate plus citalopram, or methylphenidate plus placebo. Recruiting ages 7-17.
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INTRODUCING NEW WAYS YOU CAN NOW SUPPORT MHA OF GA!!
There are so many easy ways to make a difference.
AmazonSmile donates 0.5 %
of your purchase
to MHA of GA.
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Bravelet Jewlery 
Purchase Bravelt Jewlery and $10 of your purchase is donated to MHA of GA!
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Kroger Plus
Enroll your Kroger Plus card in the Community Rewards program and a percentage of your purchases are donated to
MHA of GA.
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Goodshop
Goodshop will donate a percentage of your purchase to MHA of GA. All you have to do is shop at your favorite store through their website.
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Tiny Prints
Purchase greeting cards, announcements, stationary, and other products year-round and Tiny Prints will donate a percentage of your purchase to MHA of GA.
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Welzoo.com 
Just make Welzoo.com your
browser start page, and each day that you
use the Internet, Welzoo will make a free donation to MHA of GA.
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| WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! MHA of Georgia has many outstanding programs which further our mission of enhancing the mental health of Georgians through education, outreach and advocacy. Check out our website to learn about the many programs we offer in our community. Your support will help us continue our work educating Georgians about mental illness, working to eliminate stigma and advocating on behalf of people with mental illness in our state. Please click here to support MHA of Georgia. |
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