Hispanic Chamber- March 2020 Connections Article

Brenda de Paula
Lehigh Valley Health Network

​Did you know that mental health conditions are incredibly prevalent among founders/entrepreneurs? This is based on a study by University of California, San Francisco researcher Michael A. Freeman, MD, and collaborators. Some refer to this phenomenon as founder’s burnout. 
As a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board member and an advocate for health, I want to share a resource that may help you in your entrepreneur journey. Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Department of Psychiatry developed a mobile app to provide a centralized resource center for behavioral health information. Through a generous grant from the Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust, the app was developed on the Guidebook platform, and serves as a complementary tool to manage behavioral illnesses and conditions. The app offers a list of emergency resources, programs, information about medicines, therapeutic and support groups, self-help strategies, signs and symptoms of mental health illness, and more. 

If you feel this free app would be valuable to you, here’s how to download it: 

1. Go to your App Store or Google Play 
and search for “Guidebook.” 
2. Download the “Guidebook” app. 
3. Search for “LVHN Behavioral Health.” 
4. Click on the app and access the resources. 
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For more details or questions about the app, please contact Paul A. Siegfried, Behavioral Health Education Specialist with LVHN, at Paul_A.Siegfried@lvhn. org.

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