October 10 is World Mental Health Day — Help Us Celebrate the Power of Wellness!

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October 10 is World Mental Health Day -- Help Us Celebrate the Power of Wellness!
October 10, 2022

Once again, we are pleased to collaborate with the World Federation for Mental Health on making World Mental Health Day 2022 on October 10th a unique and exciting experience. This year’s theme is: Make Mental Health & Well Being for All a Global Priority. The purpose of the day is to help expand effective global and community solutions for reversing the effects of mental illness through raising awareness, eliminating stigma, empowering communities, encouraging greater investment by key stakeholders, and celebrating accomplishments. Find our press release here!

Our 2022 WMHD Campaign: Wellness WORKS!

Please join us and participating Clubhouse International Clubhouses as we highlight the positive impact of wellness on mental health and promote Clubhouse wellness programming as an essential tool for mental health recovery.

Here’s What YOU Can Do

Share your wellness success story on our Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube pages! What are some creative ways in which you and your Clubhouse community use wellness to promote mental well-being?
Develop a wellness event to take place on October 10

Improving Mental Health Through Wellness

Wellness is a holistic approach to health that is vital for improving outcomes among people living with mental illness. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) had identified 8 dimensions of wellness that influence one another and affect a person’s overall health and quality of life.

Why Is Wellness Important for Mental Health?

According to the World Health Organization, people with severe mental health conditions die prematurely – as much as two decades early – due to preventable physical conditions. For example, people with mental illness experience diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol, hypertension, and obesity at 1.5 or 2 times the rate of the general population, among other effects such as exhaustion and mood changes. Wellness can decrease risk factors leading to premature death among individuals with behavioral health conditions.

How Can Clubhouses Promote Wellness Among Members?

We encourage Clubhouses to create and promote programming into the Work-Ordered Day centered around developing and maintaining healthy lifestyles. Health and wellness programming at Clubhouses is proven to reverse the numerous adverse health trends experienced by members, and supports member access to primary and psychiatric care, care management, and home and community-based services. Healthy eating, physical activity, recreation and social activities all contribute to better wellness. Here are some examples of how some Clubhouses are promoting wellness:

Create and manage a garden to produce healthy meals
Develop programming centered around healthy eating and sports
Incorporate wellness into everyday activities such as after-lunch walks, structured workout groups, yoga, gardening
Smoking reduction/cessation resources and support
Nutrition focused meal planning and preparation
Workshops on the promotion of physical and nutritional health
Weekly mindful movement program
Mindfulness and meditation

Clubhouse Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

“At Clubhouse Bordeaux, we are developing a health and well-being program centered around healthy eating and sports. A good state of physical health plays an essential role in the recovery of people living with a mental disorder. This program is intended to be preventive because treatments related to this type of disease increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, and also promote weight gain, which has an impact on self-esteem.”

Frontier House, Greeley, CO, USA

“Based on the needs of the membership, we incorporate wellness opportunities within our day-to-day structure. These include after-lunch walks, structured workout groups, yoga, gardening, and lunch and learn sessions incorporating the eight dimensions of wellness.”

Genesis Club, Worcester, MA, USA

“Genesis Club offers opportunities for staff and members to eat healthier, exercise, reduce or quit smoking, engage in substance abuse and addiction recovery and find good quality psychiatrists, therapists and primary care physicians to support their overall health…wellness activities include wellness walks, community gardening, smoking reduction/cessation resources and support, and nutrition focused meal planning/preparation”

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