Prioritize Your Mental Health in Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental health is an integral and essential component of health, and it means much more than the absence of mental disorders. Being mentally healthy is a state of well-being in which an individual can realize the potential of their own abilities, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, and contribute to their community. It includes emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how you think, feel, and act. It helps determine how you handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life.

Mental health is fundamental to our collective and individual ability to think, emote, interact with each other, earn a living, and enjoy life. The promotion, protection, and restoration of mental health is vital for all people. And with your long work hours, high expectations, administrative burden, exposure to human suffering, an ever-changing healthcare environment, and fear of mistakes, mental health is vital to your well-being.

Join the ACS throughout May in exploring mental health and its connection to surgeon well-being, and explore ACS Surgeon Well-Being resources today.