Increasing Mental Wellness and Awareness Organization

Fifty percent of diagnosable mental health disorders start at the age of 14. By the age of 75, fifty percent of the U.S. population will have had at least one diagnosable mental health condition, most of which goes undiagnosed. Undiagnosed brain and mental health disorders contribute to the onset of cognitive brain illness, leading to dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and many other brain health concerns. Anxiety, depression, and suicide ideation are growing in our youth population. Due to the overlapping crisis', from the COVID-19 pandemic, gun violence, war, and the rising prices in the economy, without additional education on the risks and tools to increase brain health and mental wellness, mental health illness will continue to rise.

Increasing Mental Wellness and Awareness Organization (IMWAO) believes that by tying brain health to mental wellness through education and awareness, we can mitigate the risk of mental health illness. Most families have been impacted by or know someone who has dealt with mental health illness.

We provide education that: 

• Empowers low-income individuals and families to mitigate the risk of mental health illness through proactive brain health and wellness.

• Equips organization leaders to understand the risk and signs of brain and mental health illness in the workplace.

• Reduces the impact that mental health illness has on afflicted individuals.

• Provide new perceptions for individuals recovering from a mental health crisis.

Because we care about individuals, families, communities, and organizations that are affected by mental health illness, we: 

• Facilitate educational training to the public on mental wellness and its ties to brain health.

• Raise funds to help families get the proper care to help with individualized treatment to assist in the diagnosis of brain and mental health concerns. 

• Provide resources and hope to families and individuals recovering from mental health illness and crisis. 

• Provide resources to help those re-enter the world and create a new way of living. 

• Research to find and close the gaps between mental health illness and mental health wellness.