Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day was May 8th, and to celebrate, Jamaica Hospital’s Advanced Center for Psychotherapy hosted its annual children’s art exhibit. This year’s theme was, “If you could change something in your life, what would it look like?”
With original pieces created by children and adolescents, the art exhibit was created as a way to initiate conversations between adults and children about how they can make positive changes in their lives.
“This year the focus is on positive mental health as it is essential to a child’s early development,” said June Wasserman, PhD and coordinator of Child and Adolescent Services at the Advanced Center for Psychotherapy.
The art work will be displayed in the lobby of the Advanced Center for Psychotherapy for the month of May, National Mental Health.