Can we please STOP talking about "mental health"?

Corinna WestMember

The Frameworks Institute is pretty clear that people associate the word "mental health" with mental illness. Ie, diagnosing and drugging. So even if YOU mean to use the word to describe trauma informed, resilience, or wellness stuff, other people won't read or "hear" it that way. http://frameworksinstitute.org/u.s.a.html

How about we stop talking about "mental health" and start actually talking about some solutions? The Frameworks Institute is clear that as soon as you use the word mental health, you have LOST the educational chance to explain trauma. Here is their their messaging brief:

DON’T:
1. Begin the conversation with mental health or mental illness.

http://frameworksinstitute.org...ets/files/CMH_MM.pdf

So PLEASE can we STOP having so many conversations, blog posts, information shared, etc, with these words have been shown to damage our cause?

11/22/165:36 PM

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DON’T:1. Begin the conversation with mental health or mental illness.http://frameworksinstitute.org...ets/files/CMH_MM.pdf

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DON’T:
1. Begin the conversation with mental health or mental illness.

http://frameworksinstitute.org...ets/files/CMH_MM.pdf