6 health systems with great mental health content

American’s are stressed. According to the Stress in America 2023 survey, stress levels remain persistently high, affecting adults, children, caregivers, and even healthcare workers. With mental health becoming an increasingly pressing concern, health systems have a unique opportunity to provide resources that educate, support and empower their communities.

One powerful way to address this need is through mental health blogs that combine expert advice with compassionate storytelling. The best examples serve not only as valuable resources for patients but also as inspiration for healthcare writers and marketers striving to create content that resonates.

Below, we’ve rounded up standout examples of health systems doing just that. Whether you’re looking for blog inspiration, mental health content ideas, or trusted resources for your own well-being, these examples have you covered.

Let’s take a deep breath together and dive in.

Examples of great health system mental health content

While these publications focus on a wide range of topics, they also serve as great mental health blogs, offering advice for adults, kids, caregivers, clinicians, teachers and more.

As healthcare writers, we also look to these resources for inspiration when developing our own content for mental health blogs. They combine compassionate writing and medical expertise to create helpful, actionable advice for their readers.

Let’s take a deep breath together and read on, shall we?

Example 1: Providence

Whether you’re looking for inspiration for your organization’s blog or need a resource for your own mental health, Providence’s blog should be one of your first stops. Providence has a wealth of mental health resources on its blog as well as different platforms, including:

• The Talk 2 Be Well podcast
• The Work 2 Be Well program, which provides resources “to ensure parents, teens and educators have access to a free, clinically vetted curriculum and a movement to reduce stigma and amplify teen voices around mental health”
• The Talk with a Doc podcast, which sometimes covers mental health topics

Here’s an example of a recent post from Providence’s Body and Mind Team:

Example 2: AdventHealth

The AdventHealth blog is rich with resources to help readers cope with a wide variety of issues from strategies to prioritize well-being during the holidays to tips for handling stress. We also appreciate how AdventHealth addresses mental health issues for different populations, including teachers, parents and caregivers.

Here is a recent example discussion menopause and mental health:

Example 3: Cincinnati Children’s

Cincinnati Children’s serves as excellent inspiration for any pediatric blog. But, when it comes to kids’ mental health, they also have useful resources for helping your kids with mental health issues.

We especially liked the post on school-related anxiety that shares steps you can try at home.

Example 4: Riverside Health

The Healthy YOU blog from Riverside Health provides a variety of mental health content, from coping after a miscarriage to discussing self-harm. Here is a great example of a Q&A with a nurse midwife answering questions about coping after a miscarriage.

The health system also has a Healthy YOU podcast where they cover topics like seasonal affective disorder.

Example 5: Baylor Scott & White

Baylor Scott & White’s scrubbing.in blog is one of our favorite inspiration sources for healthcare blog writing. Their “hands-on healthcare discussions” feature insightful stories and advice from a variety of clinicians.

But when it comes to mental health blogs, we love their personable and straightforward approach. They make sure the content is easy to understand and includes actionable items for the reader.

Example 6: Boston Children’s

We want to make sure to give a shoutout to another pediatric blog, and Boston Children’s certainly earns some praise. Their Answers content hub covers a range of topics around kids’ mental health.

Answers does an excellent job providing practical information for parents, including how to make school lunch less scary for picky eaters. One unique feature of this blog is that it also includes patient stories, research and information for clinicians.

Need help with mental health content?

This roundup includes just a few of our favorites and go-to resources, but countless health blogs cover mental health topics. If you need help developing mental health content for your blog, reach out. Our expert content strategists and writers can help.

Editor’s note: This blog was originally published in November 2020. It was updated in November 2024.

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