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May Is Mental Health Awareness Month
As Mental Health Awareness Month, May is a time to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health conditions and highlight the ways in which mental illness and addiction can affect all of us—patients, clinicians, families, and our society at large.
Take a look at the various links below for toolkits and more information.
- Mental Health Awareness Month | NAMI
- Mental Health Awareness Month | SAMHSA
- Mental Health Month 2026 | Mental Health America
- May is Mental Health Awareness Month | AHA
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Treatment-Resistant Depression
JAMA Network: Y. Xiong, PhD; P. Lindersten, BSc; and T. Gong, PhD
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are key risk factors for major depressive disorder (MDD), but their associations with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) remain unclear, particularly after accounting for unmeasured confounding, such as shared genetic and familial environmental factors.
A Qualitative Analysis of Underexplored Barriers to Physicians Seeking Mental Health Care in Medical License Applications
Journal of Graduate Medical Education: E. Barrett, MD, MPH; K. Hicks, MPH; L. Hunt, MSPH; and D. Saddawi-Konefka, MD, MBA
Despite increasing mental health diagnoses among physician trainees, fewer than one-third seek help due to stigma and fears of professional consequences. While national organizations have successfully advocated for licensing application reforms, trainees continue to cite licensure as a primary barrier, suggesting that additional deterrents may persist within application structure and content.
Back to the May 15, 2026 issue of ACP IM Thriving