AHS wants you to get loud about your mental health

Make a difference in your wellbeing and encourage others

Westlock – During Mental Health Week, May 2 – 8, Alberta Health Services (AHS) is challenging you to take care of your mental health and learn to de-stress by reminding you that small steps make a big difference.

During Mental Health Week, May 2-8, Alberta Health Services wants to remind you to take care of yourself and share how you are making a difference in your own mental wellbeing. Get loud about the positive steps you are taking and encourage others to do the same.

Try these simple steps and challenge your family, friends, co-workers and yourself to better health and wellness.

Start now and take AHS’s Mental Health Week Ways to Wellness Challenge from May 2-8 visit: http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/amh/Page13618.aspx and tell us what you do each day for your mental health.

For more information on the challenge or to follow along check out:

• Twitter: AHS_behealthy, https://twitter.com/ahs_behealthy
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alberta-HealthServices/179579998746821
• albertahealthservices.ca

Read the following public service announcements for more information about how Mental health is being promoted in:

• Athabasca
• Barrhead
• Fort McMurray
• Grande Prairie
• High Prairie
• Jasper
• Peace River
• Westlock

With over 50 AHS Addiction and Mental Health sites across the province, Albertans can access information, prevention, treatment services and programs they need.

Alberta Health Services is the provincial health authority responsible for planning and delivering health supports and services for more than four million adults and children living in Alberta. Its mission is to provide a patient-focused, quality health system that is accessible and sustainable for all Albertans.

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