On January 27th Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and text messages lit up with the phrase #BellLetsTalk. The purpose of this day is to promote conversation about mental health and to create a stigma-free Canada. Although the phone company Bell is mainly based in Canada, there was huge support from all over the world, and the conversation started worldwide. For every text message sent, wireless call and long distance call made by Bell and Bell Aliant customers, every time someone joined our campaign on Facebook or Twitter, or used the #BellLetsTalk, Bell contributed 5¢ to programs dedicated to mental health. Bell raised a whopping grand total of $6,295,764.75. The overwhelming support from all around the world really got a lot of people talking
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Many people don’t know how to help, and that is one of the main reasons Bell has challenged people to end the stigma against mental illness. People with mental illness can be treated with many treatments. The most common forms of treatment are medication (pills), therapy (group or individual), treatment at a hospital or medical center, and psychotherapy. Every year mood disorders, including major depression, dysthymic disorder, and bipolar disorder, are the third most common cause of hospitalization in the U.S. for both youth and adults aged 18–44. Individuals living with serious mental illness face an increased risk of having chronic medical conditions, and adults in the U.S. living with serious mental illness die on average 25 years earlier than others, largely due to treatable medical conditions. Most devastating effect of untreated mental illness is suicide. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. the 3rd leading cause of death for people aged 10–24 and the 2nd leading cause of death for people aged 15–24. More than 90% of children who die by suicide have a mental health condition, and each day an estimated 18-22 veterans die by suicide. These numbers are unimaginable and quite astonishing. To think about the amount of people who took themselves off this earth simply because they couldn’t mentally handle the pressure of daily life anymore. BellLetsTalk day helps bring attention to all those lost and gives ways that we can
Many people don’t know how to help, and that is one of the main reasons Bell has challenged people to end the stigma against mental illness. People with mental illness can be treated with many treatments. The most common forms of treatment are medication (pills), therapy (group or individual), treatment at a hospital or medical center, and psychotherapy. Every year mood disorders, including major depression, dysthymic disorder, and bipolar disorder, are the third most common cause of hospitalization in the U.S. for both youth and adults aged 18–44. Individuals living with serious mental illness face an increased risk of having chronic medical conditions, and adults in the U.S. living with serious mental illness die on average 25 years earlier than others, largely due to treatable medical conditions. Most devastating effect of untreated mental illness is suicide. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. the 3rd leading cause of death for people aged 10–24 and the 2nd leading cause of death for people aged 15–24. More than 90% of children who die by suicide have a mental health condition, and each day an estimated 18-22 veterans die by suicide. These numbers are unimaginable and quite astonishing. To think about the amount of people who took themselves off this earth simply because they couldn’t mentally handle the pressure of daily life anymore. BellLetsTalk day helps bring attention to all those lost and gives ways that we can