<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><base href="https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/caring-for-your-mental-health"><style id="print"></style><title>Caring for Your Mental Health - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)</title><div class="original-url"><br></div><div class="original-url">Mental health month, May 2024<br><a href="https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/caring-for-your-mental-health">https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/caring-for-your-mental-health</a><br><br></div><div id="article" role="article" style="-webkit-locale: "en"; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="system exported">
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<p style="max-width: 100%;">Mental health includes emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It is more than the absence of a mental illness—it’s essential to your overall health and quality of life. Self-care can play a role in maintaining your mental health and help support your treatment and recovery if you have a mental illness.</p>
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<ul type="disc" style="max-width: 100%;"><li style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://www.nih.gov/health-information/your-healthiest-self-wellness-toolkits" rel="external" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">NIH Wellness Toolkits</strong> <i aria-hidden="true" style="max-width: 100%;"></i></a>: NIH provides toolkits with strategies for improving your <a href="https://www.nih.gov/health-information/emotional-wellness-toolkit" rel="external" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">emotional health <i aria-hidden="true" style="max-width: 100%;"></i></a> and <a href="https://www.nih.gov/health-information/social-wellness-toolkit" rel="external" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">social health <i aria-hidden="true" style="max-width: 100%;"></i></a>.</li><li style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://medlineplus.gov/howtoimprovementalhealth.html" rel="external" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">MedlinePlus: How to Improve Mental Health</strong> <i aria-hidden="true" style="max-width: 100%;"></i></a>: MedlinePlus provides health information and tips for improving your mental health.</li><li style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/emotional-wellbeing/index.htm" rel="external" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">CDC: Emotional Well-Being</strong> <i aria-hidden="true" style="max-width: 100%;"></i></a>: CDC provides information on how to cope with stress and promote social connectedness.</li><li style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://www.samhsa.gov/find-support/how-to-cope" rel="external" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">SAMHSA: How to Cope</strong> <i aria-hidden="true" style="max-width: 100%;"></i></a>: SAMHSA offers tips for taking care of your well-being and connecting with others for support.</li></ul><p style="max-width: 100%;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">Last Reviewed:</strong> February 2024</p>
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