ALS and mental health: The importance of caring for the whole person

ALS and mental health: The importance of caring for the whole person 
ALS Association; by Amber Johnstone, MSW, LISW-S; retrieved from the internet 5/27/25 
... May is ALS Awareness Month and also Mental Health Awareness month. ALS and Mental Health go hand in hand. One of the first things I tell newly diagnosed individuals that I work with is that ALS affects the whole family. And to be truthful, it affects many more than just that nuclear family unit. A person living with ALS is like a pebble thrown into a pond. That first splash is the biggest, but then the water ripples all the way out to the edges of the pond. Those ripples are all the people with which the person with ALS shares their journey. ... The ALS Association understands how important mental health can be.  ... The ALS Association is proud to offer ALS Academy to community healthcare professionals and caregivers.  ALS Academy is free, online, self-paced, catalog of ALS education videos.