Mental Health

In stressful times you can use the power of your breath to help calm feelings of stress or anxiety. Box breathing is a simple relaxation technique that can help you ‘reset your breath’ and return it to its normal rhythm. This video demonstrates box breathing and highlights its benefits. In short, it involves: - Imagining breathing around a box - Inhaling as you visualize going up one side of the box, pausing and then exhaling as you picture going down the other side of the box. In moments of stress and anxiety, box breathing is an easy way to slow down and help calm your body and mind. Many thanks to Dr. Joanna Mansfield, psychiatrist at Sunnybrook’s Women’s Mood and Anxiety Clinic, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Clinic for her expertise and voicing this box breathing video. Video produced by Brent Creelman and Jennifer Palisoc in Communications & Stakeholder Relations at Sunnybrook. For more mental health resources, visit: http://sunnybrook.ca/Psychiatry If you need help in an emergency, please call 911 or visit your local emergency department. If you feel like you're in a crisis or need somebody to talk to, please know that help is available. Find a local crisis resource: http://sunnybrook.ca/GetHelp

Almost everyone lives through something traumatic at some point in life. Most people have a lot of distress right after a #trauma happens but begin to feel better over time. For other people, the distress continues, and they begin to have symptoms that really impact their lives. #PostTraumaticStressDisorder #PTSD #MentalHealth __ Follow and subscribe to Psych Hub: https://www.facebook.com/PsychHubEd/ https://twitter.com/psychhub https://www.instagram.com/psychhubeducation/  https://www.linkedin.com/company/psychhubeducation/  Learning about mental health is crucial for us all to imagine a better future for everyone. Psych Hub's Mental Health Ally Certification learning hubs will help you become an important steward of your wellbeing and that of your loved ones. Start learning here: www.psychhub.com __ Psych Hub is an educational service, and the information in this video is not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you or someone you know are experiencing what you believe are mental health symptoms, please consult with a trained medical professional or a licensed mental health provider. We recommend consulting with a licensed behavioral health provider before trying any of the strategies mentioned in our materials. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call 911. For information on how to find support and treatment, and hotlines for specific issues and audiences, visit PsychHub.com/Hotline. If you or someone you know are having thoughts of suicide or self-harm or are experiencing a mental health crisis, please call a national 24/7 hotline. For United States residents, those are: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline For anyone experiencing a mental health crisis. AVAILABILITY: 24/7/365 PHONE NUMBERS: Primary line: 1-800-273-8255 Ayuda en Español: 1-888-628-9454 Video relay service: 800-273-8255 TTY: 800-799-4889 Voice/Caption Phone: 800-273-8255 ONLINE CHAT: suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/ WEBSITE: suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Crisis Text Line For anyone experiencing a mental health crisis. AVAILABILITY: 24/7/365 TEXT NUMBER: US & Canada: Text HOME to 741741 UK: Text 85258 Ireland: Text 086 1800 280 WEBSITE: crisistextline.org © 2021 Psych Hub, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Feeling anxious? Grounding exercises can help to calm anxious thoughts and keep you focused and mindful in your environment. The 5-4-3-2-1 method is a grounding exercise that can be done almost anywhere and it doesn't require any equipment or materials- just your brain! Take a few minutes to learn how to complete the exercise and then try it for yourself. Produced by Dr. John A. Pollock and Dr. Brinley Kantorski at the Partnership in Education, Duquesne University. With funding support from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25GM132910) P.I. John A. Pollock. Music credit: “Cases to Rest” by Blue Dot Sessions © 2019 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://www.sessions.blue/ Voice-over credit: Jordan Jones, Dec. 2020 Check out our other helpful materials and keep up with our latest activities! Website: www.thepartnershipineducation.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/PartnershipinEd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepartnershipineducation/