Resources for Men's Mental Health Awareness Month
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Helpline Center has been providing mental health resources for the last 50 years.
'The helpline center is here 24 hours a day. Somebody can call us, text or chat with our 9-8-8 counselors and ask any kinds of questions,' said Janet Kittams, CEO, Helpline Center. 'You know whether they're looking for a counselor. They want to understand more about depression or anxiety. Or they're in the midst of a crisis.'
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'We provide mental health first aid trainings, and then we have another training referred to as QPR, which is Question, Persuade, and Refer, which helps people have those conversations with individuals who might be thinking about suicide,' said Mike Keller, Director of Outreach and Suicide Prevention.
Keller says, statistically, men are four times more likely to die by suicide than women
'Oftentimes, just with the masculine culture, we typically don't want to talk about our feelings, and we feel like that's all that mental health is about,' said Keller. 'But reality is, it's much broader than that.'
Men are less likely to speak up or ask for help.
'And so we want to call attention to that. So they recognize that it's important for them to ask for help when they're struggling,' said Kittams.
With June being Men's Mental Health Awareness Month, the Helpline Center wants to encourage everyone to ask for help if they need it and to also learn the warning signs in case someone you know needs support.
For anyone needing help, the mental health/crisis line is 9-8-8 and the community resources line is 2-1-1.
Links to resources:
Helpline Center https://www.helplinecenter.org/
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration https://www.samhsa.gov/
National Alliance on Mental Illness https://www.nami.org/
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