Check Your Mood Day returns with mental health resources

Check Your Mood Day, held on Oct. 10 in conjunction with National Depression Screening Day, encourages the community to monitor and assess their emotional well-being.

This year, Live Well San Diego and the County Behavioral Health Services are offering new resources for Check Your Mood Day. After taking the mental health check-in, they are offering a new 30-Day Mental Wellness Practice, which includes tools and tips for self-care practices for your body, mind and relationships.

This annual event is held to engage and encourage community members to raise awareness about mental health. Check Your Mood Day allows members of the community to join together to access free online mental health resources, take a virtual “Check Your Mood” screening and participate in a social media campaign to raise awareness about mental health. For more information, visit livewellsd.org/checkyourmood.

“We are pleased to join the County of San Diego and Live Well San Diego to raise awareness about this important subject.We encourage the community to utilize the numerous free resources available through Live Well San Diego’s Check Your Mood Day website,” said Teresa Campbell, SDCCU president and CEO. “It’s important to take care of your mental health for overall wellness as it can quickly take a toll on your physical and financial health.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors launched Live Well San Diego in 2010 with the goal of achieving healthy, safe and thriving communities across the region by partnering with community and city leaders, schools, businesses, non-profit organizations and residents. SDCCU was the first financial institution to be designated a Live Well San Diego partner due to its many efforts to improve the overall wellbeing of people in San Diego County.

If you or a loved one need information or services to address depression, anxiety or other mental health challenges, the San Diego Access and Crisis Line (ACL) can help. Confidential and free of charge, the ACL is operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to connect individuals to trained professionals and behavioral health resources. The ACL also provides access to crisis intervention and response services, including mobile crisis response services when appropriate, for anyone actively experiencing a mental health or substance use-related emergency. Not sure what help you may need? Contact the ACL at 888-724-7240 and speak to a representative today. Language interpreter services enable call center staff to provide help in 200 different languages. Live chat is also available Monday through Friday, 4-10 p.m., through the ACL website or up2sd.org. The ACL is a member of the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Partner Network.