Discover ACS Well-Being Resources during Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the ACS invites you to explore mental health and its connection to surgeon well-being.

Mental health is more than the absence of mental disorders—it is an integral component of overall health, which includes emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how one thinks, feels, and acts. Mental health helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Each week, the ACS Brief will share ACS and other resources to support mental health.

This week, explore how body scan meditation can help release physical tension, even the tension you don’t realize you’re experiencing, and reconnect you with your body. Mentally scanning yourself allows encouraging developing awareness for each part of your body—to notice any aches, pains, tension, or discomfort—and to understand the pain and learn from it so you can manage it.

The ACS has multiple audio body scan meditation guides available. Watch today:

Salva Chak, MPH

• 5 Minute Body Scan
• 6 Minute Body Scan
• 15 Minute Body Scan

Mick Malotte, MD

• 3 Minute Body Scan
• 6 Minute Body Scan

Check out other signs and symptoms resources:

• How to Identify Feelings—So You Can Deal with Them
• The Signs and Symptoms of Physician Stress
• Mental Health & Wellness as a Medical Professional