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Mental Health America's "Live Your Life Well(SM)" Offers 10 Proven Tools to Combat Stress and Promote Well-Being

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- From financial worries to family responsibilities, Americans are dealing with ever-increasing stress in their lives. To help handle these challenges, Mental Health America today launched an innovative public education campaign to provide people with tools to deal with stressful times. Called Live Your Life Well(SM), it features a wealth of research-based information, coupled with strategies that can help combat stress and promote well-being.

"The economic crisis has added to the daily stress that all American families face, and may be increasing their risk of depression and anxiety as well," said David Shern, Ph.D., president of Mental Health America. "Live Your Life Well(SM) is the first program in the U.S. that brings together the information needed to help all Americans in difficult times and throughout their lives. Good mental health is much more than just the absence of illness -- it's about being able to handle life's challenges and even flourish."

The heart of the program is the Live Your Life Well(SM) Web site (http://www.liveyourlifewell.org), which provides 10 evidence-based tools to bolster mental health. "Research is clear that good mental health is essential for overall health and well-being," said Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., noted author of The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach for Getting the Life You Want and a psychologist at University of California Riverside. "There are actions that people can take that can improve their mental health and increase their well-being, and even modest changes can make a real difference."

Live Your Life Well(SM) is unlike any other public education campaign.
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