15/03/2024
last night: RCDI met yesterday at the (DHC) for a great online presentation from Bonnie Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnie-black-6502a38/ , past Rotary District Governor District 7040 to discuss on the topic of the Rotary action group on mental health initiatives https://www.ragonmentalhealth.org/ , which mission is to create and support opportunities for all to improve their mental health and wellness for healthy, happy and productive lives.
Rotary members are proving effective not only overcoming stigma around mental health but also introducing resources to raise awareness and to increase access. This latter occurs by increasing capacity for prevention and earlier treatment.
On this page https://www.ragonmentalhealth.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=862297&module_id=523159 are resources in the form of toolkits that every Rotary member can introduce locally:
Break stigma (Looking Inward, Don't Bottle it Up, PIP)
Raise awareness (PIP, Resilience, Launch a District Chapter, Wellness in a Box)
Increase access and capacity for prevention and early treatment (A Lever)