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Since 1949 . Mental Health Awareness

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Month has been observed in May to

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spread awareness that mental health is

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what everyone should care about as much

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as physical health . This is why one in

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five us adults will experience a mental

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illness each year and one in 20 us

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adults will experience a serious mental

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illness each year , one in six us youth

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aged six through 17 will experience a

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mental health disorder . Each year .

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50% of all lifetime mental illnesses

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begin by age 14 and 75% by

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age 24 . Did you know that suicide is

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the second leading cause of death among

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people aged 10 to 14 , the

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2023 Mental Health Awareness Month

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campaign focuses on how surroundings

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impact mental health , look around and

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look within the end . What we know for

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sure is there are many factors that

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contribute to mental well being and we

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all benefit from a stable environment ,

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strong communities and ready access to

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needed services as leaders . These are

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the ways in which we strive to create

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and maintain an environment that

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promotes and encourages mental health

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within the Air Force . Comprehensive

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airmit Fitness is made manifest .

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Through the four pillars of resilience ,

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mental , physical , social and

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spiritual , each feed our sense of

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belonging so that no member of the Big

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Square , a family is alone . We will

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get you the help you need . But first

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you have to know that it is OK to ask .

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So now as we kick off Mental Health

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Awareness Month , I ask , how do you

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contribute to the feel of the space ?