Shari B. Kaplan, LCSWIntegrative Mental Health

World Mental Health Day: Reach Out to One Person #mentalhealthawareness

9 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief public‑service video for World Mental Health Awareness Day, licensed clinical social worker Shari B. Kaplan reminds viewers that many people are silently struggling despite outward appearances. She urges everyone to reach out to at least one person, to be present and listen without trying to fix the problem. Kaplan emphasizes that effective help often requires a comprehensive, multi‑modal treatment plan—beyond medication, therapy, exercise, or nutrition alone—crafted by clinicians who address the whole person. She encourages those who are struggling to keep searching for the right help and calls on friends, family, and community members to support one another, framing collective outreach as a way to make the world a better place.

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It is Mental Health Awareness Day around the world, and it's time for us to be aware that people are struggling around us, our loved ones, our family members. Even when they are dressed to the nines, looking great, getting out there, they may be masking and they may be hurting inside. If we could all just reach out to one person, be present, just hear what they might have to say without needing to have a solution. And if you are the person who is struggling, there is help out here. And if you haven't gotten the right help, keep searching. You are a whole human ecosystem, and there are many aspects of yourself that need to be tended to—not just medication, not just therapy, not just exercise or nutrition—and you need. Clinicians who understand how to put a comprehensive treatment plan together where you are addressing all the different things step by step. If you're struggling, reach out. If you know somebody who is struggling, reach out, and together we can help one another and make this world a better place.