May is Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

In Tallahassee and Leon County, the second week of May was declared Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Week.
You can view the 2017 City of Tallahassee Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Week Proclamation here. Download PDF here

The 2017 Leon County Proclamation of Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Week can be seen here. Download PDF here

In order to raise awareness during that week, many of our community partners published works in the Tallahassee Democrat, our local newspaper.

Click here to read an educational piece written by a licensed clinical psychologist and professor at the Florida State University College of Medicine

Click here to read a piece written by a local Postpartum Support International Coordinator:

Click here to read one mother’s story of overcoming postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety and OCD disorder

Lastly, two of our partners were featured on a local television morning show, AM Break with Ann and Audra.

Click here to watch the segment on maternal mental health.