NeighborHealth celebrates Psychological Well being Consciousness Month with neighborhood occasion at Zumix Music Faculty
BOSTON, MA (June 4, 2025) – On Saturday, Might 24, 2025, NeighborHealth hosted, “Psychological Well being Rocks,” a brand new initiative celebrating Psychological Well being Consciousness Month by way of artwork, expression, and the therapeutic energy of neighborhood. Hosted at Zumix Music Faculty in East Boston, the occasion introduced collectively practically 80 attendees, together with NeighborHealth workers, sufferers, households, and associates. Along with the performances and artistic actions, informational tables provided assets on psychological well being, hurt discount, and substance use—extending the occasion’s influence past the stage.
NeighborHealth, the most important community-based well being system in Massachusetts, prioritizes the care of each psychological and bodily well being, demonstrated by way of current investments to extend capability for psychological well being and dependancy restoration providers.
“We live in occasions of change, motion, and transformation—and with them, our understanding of psychological well being continues to evolve,” mentioned Jorge Acosta, NeighborHealth Behavioral Well being Clinician and Psychological Well being Rocks organizer. “Gone are the times of inflexible, scientific areas. At the moment’s therapeutic environments should turn into locations of peace, connection, and empathy in an more and more conflicted and dehumanized world.”
As a part of its holistic method to care, NeighborHealth curated a day of music, artwork and neighborhood engagement to focus on the numerous influence that artwork and music can have on psychological well being help. The occasion featured reside performances from visitors, together with the band “Don’t Be Denied,” the Eastie Coalition, the “South Finish,” and an Elvis Presley impressionist. The open-mic portion of the occasion welcomed members from all age teams, encouraging them to share their voices by way of poetry, storytelling, singing, dance, and varied different types of inventive expression.
Along with the performances, attendees had entry to very important hurt discount assets supplied by NeighborHealth’s Behavioral Well being workers, advocating for therapeutic and hope.
NeighborHealth appears ahead to organizing future initiatives that fuse inventive expression with psychological well being advocacy. For extra details about NeighborHealth and future occasions, go to: www.neighborhealth.com/occasions.
