National Sleep Foundation – AZ Dept. of Health Services Director's Blog

Promoting Strong Mental Health in the New Year

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:48:32-07:00January 13th, 2017|Behavioral Health|

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being and is an essential component to our overall health. It affects how we think, feel and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Having a strong mental health outlook can benefit your life in more ways [...]

Everybody Needs a Good Night’s Sleep

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:19-07:00February 10th, 2015|Prevention|

Food, water, air, shelter and sleep. Those are the Big 5 things that everyone needs. Everybody needs a good dose of restful sleep to stay healthy and thrive...but the amount of sleep changes throughout the lifetime. Last week, the National Sleep Foundation came out with some interesting and helpful recommendations for how much sleep folks need at various ages. When people don't get [...]