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| FundaMENTAL Matters September 5, 2016 Issue #82 |
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Because there is no health without Mental Health!
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September is Self-Awareness Month
Self awareness is having a clear perception of your personality, including strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, motivation, and emotions. It allows you to understand other people, how they perceive you, your attitude, and your responses to them in the moment.
Self awareness is the first step in creating what you want and mastering your life. Where you focus your attention, your emotions, reactions, personality and behavior determine where you go in life. Having self awareness allows you to see where your thoughts and emotions are taking you. It also allows you to take control of your emotions, behavior, and personality so you can make the changes you want. Until you are aware, in the moment, of your thoughts, emotions, words, and behavior, you will have difficulty making changes.
The question is, how can we improve our self-awareness?
Click here to read 5 ways to become more self-aware
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DID YOU KNOW?
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This year, Revlon is offering a million dollars to the company that raises the most money in support of women's health, and MHA of GA's Project Healthy Moms is officially in the running!
Beginning on September 14th through October 26th,your donations will not only help us get closer to being awarded a million dollars to spend toward enhancing maternal mental health, but also 100% of money raised for the contest will directly benefit Project Healthy Moms. All donations will be used toward training healthcare providers and other professionals who work with pregnant/postpartum women to gain greater insight into signs and symptoms of maternal mental illness, how to screen for these illnesses, why screening is critical, what challenges they may face when implementing screening practices, and where to refer mothers if they need treatment and support.
Without you, these trainings would not be possible. We need your help!
Please share with your friends and family, neighbors, colleagues, etc. Together, let's improve the mental health of women and support healthier families all across Georgia.
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NEW FROM NIMH
How "Quickly Forgotten" Early Life Experiences Mature the Brain; Critical period for learning how to remember events ID'd in rat experiments
Ever wonder why we can't remember much from our first few years of life? It turns out that those early experiences leave lasting memory traces in our brain, but its memory circuitry hasn't yet learned how to properly process and store them, suggest experiments in rats by NIMH grantee
Christina Alberini, Ph.D. at New York University (NYU). The circuitry's keen sensitivity to experience during this critical period enables such long-term memory ability to develop through practice.
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iResearch Atlanta is a multi-specialty clinical research center, located in downtown Decatur, just one block from MARTA. Built by dedicated, experienced research professionals, iResearch is committed to improving the quality of life for individuals in our area.
iResearch is currently seeking volunteers to participate in their studies. If YOU or someone YOU KNOW have one of the following, contact us!
Memory Diso
rders, Alzheimer's Disease, Depression, Anxiety, Migraines, Bipolar Disorder, or Schizophrenia.
iResearch Atlanta
Call 404-537-1281 ~ ask for Dondra or Zach
125 Clairemont Ave Decatur, GA 30030
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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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