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Mental Health Toolkit

Both physical and mental wellness are important to maintaining a fit fighting force. The resources provided here will help you know where to turn in order to recognize and treat mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, mood swings, and social withdrawal.

What do you need to know to effectively raise awareness about mental health?

  • Mental health can be maintained through basic activities such as getting enough sleep, eating well, exercising regularly, staying socially connected, and managing daily stressors.
  • It is very important to the DoD that the stigma surrounding mental health care be eliminated.
  • In any given year, about 18.8 million Americans (or 9.5 percent of the population) experience some level of depression.

(Sources: health.mil; defense.gov; afterdeployment.dcoe.mil)

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