Mental Health Awareness Month on Cape Cod
Cape Cod News editorial staff
For Mental Health Awareness Month in May, Lower Cape News produced a series of news shorts that looked at multiple aspects of the question.
View Part 1 - Looking at the new roadmap for mental health and Bay Cove's new facility and mobile crisis team
View Part 2 - Exploring the power of breath and the work at BFree Wellness
View Part 3 - DIgging into new state initiatives to address the mental health provider side of the equation
View Part 4 - Learning more about mental health needs of military personnel and how Heroes in Transition addresses these.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Since 1949, Mental Health Month has provided a focal point to increase awareness of mental health and wellness in American lives. In May, Lower Cape TV produced a series of reports on mental health and wellness on Cape Cod to acknowledge the importance of mental and behavorial health in our region. This page contains this series, as well as prior reporting and interviews about mental health and wellness.
New State Mental Health Roadmap
With both increased need for and awareness of mental health issues, the Commonwealth rolled out a new roadmap for mental health services this year.
Additionally, Cape Cod gained a Community Behavioral Health Facility (CBHC) that integrates with Bay Cove's mobile response team.
Identifying Trauma
Host Dr. Ann Caretti and guest Dr. Donna DesRosiers, Nauset District School Psychologist, discuss identifying and recognizing trauma and the benefits of Second Step, a socioemotional learning curriculum.
Post-Covid Mental Health
May 27, 2021 - EASTHAM, MA - As the pandemic appears to be waning - a looming crisis for mental health may be waiting just around the corner. Justine Podurgiel from Bay Cove shares emerging patterns to keep our eyes on
Mental Health in Schools
Jackie Lane, of NAMI Cape Cod and the Islands chats with Dr. Gina Hurley,
Executive Director of Social-Emotional Learning and Student Services, for Barnstable Public Schools. Learn about the evolution of student services, the social emotional learning curriculum, and proactive mental health programs for children in schools.
During the Covid pandemic, Calmer Choice CEO Emily Smalley explained mindfulness and how schools across the region use it to support both students and teachers
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