{"id":4825,"date":"2020-05-21T16:53:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T23:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=4825"},"modified":"2020-05-21T16:53:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T23:53:08","slug":"ask5-local-organization-encourages-mental-health-check-ins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/ask5-local-organization-encourages-mental-health-check-ins\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ask5: Local organization encourages mental health check-ins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"msg_id_1023\">\r\n<div><em>Guest written by Hope Means Nevada<\/em><\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<p>During this time when we are all physically isolated, a local organization is urging you to check in on loved ones, as it could save a life.<\/p>\r\n<p>Hope Means Nevada, a mental-health-focused movement, has launched in the midst of COVID-19 to help those struggling with mental illness.<\/p>\r\n<p>Its current mission is to encourage the community to reach out to five people to ask how they are really feeling. As 1 in 5 people struggle with thoughts of suicide, asking five people how they are doing is bound to help one person feel less alone.<\/p>\r\n<p>Local celebrities and members of the community have already started the movement by sharing their message using the hashtag #Ask5 or \u201cLlamea5\u201d in Spanish.<\/p>\r\n<p>Our state is greatly affected by mental illness. Nevada has one of the highest suicide rates and received an F grade due to the high prevalence of youth with mental health illnesses and youth experiencing depressive episodes.<\/p>\r\n<p>Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic, we\u2019re seeing that 75% of adults have felt nervous, anxious or on edge when thinking about the pandemic.<\/p>\r\n<p>The impact is greater than we could have predicted, with 70% of adults experiencing stress in direct relation to the pandemic, in comparison to 61% during the 2009 recession.<\/p>\r\n<p>While the organization\u2019s mission will extend long after social distancing is over, now is the time to speak openly and honestly about mental health.<\/p>\r\n<p>Checking in with friends and family during this time could lead to the conversation that saves a life.<\/p>\r\n<p>If you or your organization would like to further this mission, please consider donating today.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>You can learn more at hopemeansnevada.org, and you can follow the movement on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @HopeMeansNevada.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest written by Hope Means Nevada During this time when we are all physically isolated, a local organization is urging you to check in on loved ones, as it could  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":4826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[102],"class_list":["post-4825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-guest-writer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}