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The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) defines recovery from mental health challenges as a process beginning with an accurate diagnosis and moving into successful management of the symptoms of the condition.

Contrary to some misconceptions, one can live a gratifying life despite mental health challenges; it all depends on how successfully the disorder is managed.  

Available services and support are the most important details to consider when reporting on mental health challenges. It provides greater insight into the subject of your story and gives you the opportunity to show your readers that no matter the diagnosis, there is always hope. Effective support tools and resources are key to achieving recovery and adding details regarding what mental health services are available in your community at low or no cost can encourage your readers to seek out the help they need for themselves or a loved one.

Consider these suggestions to promote awareness about mental health services in your stories:

• Think about how you can incorporate help-seeking behavior into your story by exploring what services are available and normally prescribed to treat the mental illness you are covering and if they were utilized.

• When discussing treatment or services in your stories, remember to promote it as an important step in maintaining wellness not something to be ashamed of.

• Most people do not seek out the support they need due to barriers such as unavailable transportation or a lack of awareness surrounding local services. In your reports concerning mental health challenges remember to include information about your local mental health services, which ones are low cost, and what public transportation is available to get to them.

The types of services necessary to facilitate management and recovery from a mental health challenge depend on the symptoms the person is experiencing, the severity of the symptoms, and what works best for their individual situation. In many cases, a combination of available services works best.