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Community Outreach
Discover NIMH is a newsletter from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to help community advocates and health professionals raise awareness about mental disorders and the importance of mental health research. Find free education and outreach materials in this newsletter and our Get Involved web section to share with your community. We encourage you to use the hashtag #shareNIMH to connect with people and organizations with similar goals.
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Health Observances
Eating Disorders Awareness Week
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is February 24 - March 2, 2025. Eating disorders are serious medical illnesses marked by severe disturbances in a person’s eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions. These disorders can affect a person’s physical and mental health. In some cases, they can be life-threatening. But eating disorders can be treated.
🔍 Learn more about eating disorders
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What Are Common Types of Eating Disorders?
This infographic describes common types of eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).
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Eating Disorders: What You Need to Know
📱 Share a message on social media
Use our digital toolkit: Eating Disorders Awareness Week to find and share messages and graphics about eating disorders.
Common types of eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder. Read more about each of these eating disorders: https://go.nih.gov/dkZX06N #shareNIMH
American Heart Month
February is American Heart Month. Stress is the physical or mental response to an external cause, such as a performance at school, traumatic events, or a life change. Everyone feels stress occasionally, but too much stress can affect your health—including your heart.
🔍 Learn more about stress and mental health
🌟 Download a free infographic
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Check out our updated health topic pages!
NIMH, the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders, offers basic information on mental disorders, the latest mental health research, and a range of related topics and resources including:
📖 Free health information
📰 Science updates
📊 Statistics
🧠 Related NIMH research
🔬 Information on clinical trials
FEATURED SPANISH LANGUAGE RESOURCE
NIMH offers Spanish-language digital shareables and information on various mental disorders and related topics for patients and their families, health professionals, and the public.
Download a free fact sheet on children and mental health
Los niños y la salud mental ¿Es solo una etapa? folleto sobre la salud mental de los niños que incluye cuándo debe buscar ayuda, las medidas que los padres pueden tomar, la evaluación y el tratamiento, cómo elegir un profesional de salud mental, cómo trabajar con la escuela, recursos adicionales e información sobre ensayos clínicos.
The Children and Mental Health: Is This Just a Stage? fact sheet presents information on children’s mental health including assessing your child’s behavior, when to seek help, first steps for parents, treatment options, and factors to consider when choosing a mental health professional. It also provides guidance on how to work with your child’s school, a list of resources, and information about clinical trials.
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Pass it on!
Do you know someone interested in raising awareness about mental health? Please forward this email and encourage them to subscribe to Discover NIMH!
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