Two common mental health disorders are depression and anxiety. Both cause challenges for an individual which decreases their ability to cope with typical stresses of life, realize their full potential, and enjoy life to its fullest extent. Although they can be difficult and frustrating to live with, mental health disorders are treatable with medication, therapy, a combination of both, and/or other treatments!

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The Bellevue School District acknowledges that we learn, work, live and gather on the Indigenous Land of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Duwamish and Snoqualmie Tribes. We thank these caretakers of this land, who have lived and continue to live here, since time immemorial.