This May, we are proud to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month with a focus on this year’s theme: Community. In a time where connection and collective care are more important than ever, we’re coming together to highlight the role of community in promoting mental wellbeing and breaking the stigma surrounding mental health.
The Mental Health Awareness Initiative NGO is proud to announce a strategic partnership with the Yerevan Municipality to launch an Emotional Support Hotline, providing free, confidential mental health support to the public starting April 2025.
The Mental Health Awareness Initiative provides free online training for individuals and specialists who offer crisis response first aid. The training will be conducted in Armenian and English. The duration of the first training module is 5 hours. There will be 4 breaks during the training. What is Psychological First Aid? Psychological First Aid (PFA) ..read more Psychological First Aid Training for First Responders
We are happy to announce a new round of collaboration between the Mental Health Awareness Initiative and the Center for The Living Arts. On December 7th, join us for a free 6-hour online Experiential Workshop exploring the Historical Legacy of the Armenian Genocide and processing the wounding connected with the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh war and the ..read more Healing the Wounds of History
A crisis hotline is a service people can call for immediate phone counselling by trained volunteers and mental health professionals. Such hotlines have existed in most major cities of the English-speaking world since the mid-1970s. Initially set up to help those contemplating suicide, many have extended their mandate to deal more generally with emotional crises.
Mr Gevorg Gharibyan is a mental health advocate, speaker & researcher. He is a UK-licensed chartered psychologist (CPsychol), an American Psychological Association associate and a British Psychological Society Psychotherapy Section Committee member.
Catherine Vuky, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist who has 20+ years of experience in working with immigrant and refugee children and families in an Asian community Health Center. She is dedicated to breaking down barriers for members of the Asian community in accessing mental health resources.
Danna Mauch, Ph.D., as President and CEO of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health (MAMH), Danna Mauch brings organizational leadership, operations management, evaluation research and strategic consulting experience gained in private and public sector enterprises.
We are excited to announce that Mental Health Awareness Initiative is coming to Boston, USA. MHAI will lead a panel discussion on “The Role of Mental Health Awareness in Minority Communities” at NAASR on June 28th. Our goal is to voice mental health challenges faced by minority communities and facilitate discourse on overcoming barriers. About ..read more The Role of Mental Health Awareness in Minority Communities
Emotional intelligence refers to the capacity to identify, understand, and manage one’s emotions. It involves being aware of and able to regulate emotions, recognise and empathise with the feelings of others, navigate social situations and build healthy relationships. According to Daniel Goleman, it has five main components: self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, motivation, and social skills. Self-awareness ..read more What is emotional intelligence?