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Massachusetts awareness campaign stresses young adults' resilience
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32809
Subject(s) - mental health , resilience (materials science) , covid-19 , psychological resilience , psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , thermodynamics , pathology , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , disease
Data shows that young adults have experienced worsening mental health challenges to a greater extent than other age groups during the COVID‐19 crisis, but the answer to addressing this does not always lie in traditional mental health inter‐ventions. An awareness campaign launched this month by the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health (MAMH) emphasizes the resilience of young adults and the important role of key people in their lives, while also pointing its target audience to sources of help in the community when their own resources are not enough.