Community Conversation: Mental Health in Huntsville/Madison County

Description

Join us for a Community Conversation about mental health here in Huntsville/Madison County. Our guest speaker will be Jeremy Blair, F-25, L-33, CEO at Wellstone. Jeremy will share with us an overview of Wellstone's different program and initiatives and share what challenges and new obstacles he is seeing in our community.

Mental health statistics from NAMI:

1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year

1 in 20 U.S. adults experience serious mental illness each year

1 in 6 U.S. youth aged 6-17 experience a mental health disorder each year

50% of all lifetime mental illness begins by age 14, and 75% by age 24

Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among people aged 10-14