I write not only for myself but for those who cannot tell their own stories.
Shifting our attitudes on the subject will make great strides in changing the mental health conversation.
Writing to Spread Awareness about Bipolar Disorder
Surviving the Bed Shortage in Mental Health Treatment Facilities: A Teenager’s Experience
Understanding and Assessing Self-Harm: What You Need to Know
Early Psychosis Intervention
I Wish They’d Seen It Sooner: Growing Up Undiagnosed
Discovering Self-Love and Acceptance after Tragedy and Mental Illness
Transcending the Self-Stigma From my Youth
The Case for Expanding Peer Support
Determining The Credibility of Social Media Mental Health “Experts”
My Fight for Recovery
What No One Told Me About Being in a Psych Hospital
The Dual Life of Being a Peer with Bipolar Disorder and a Mental Health Clinician
Navigating Depression and Medical Leave from College
Losing a Client to Suicide: Navigating the Aftermath as a Therapist
Certified Peer Specialists: An Untapped Opportunity
The Importance of Treatment Adherence and Coordinated Care
Celebrating NAMI’s Role in Advocating for an Improved Criminal Justice System
How Solitary Confinement Contributes to the Mental Health Crisis
All People Deserve Quality Care, Including Those Who Are Incarcerated
More than a Patient: Using a Recovery-Based Approach
Engaging Your Community in the Mental Health Conversation
Black Men and Mental Health: Practical Solutions
Pursuing Motherhood While Living with Mental Illness
Type 2 Diabetes and Mental Health: Exploring the Connection
Physical and Mental Illness in Children: Both Need to Be Taken Seriously
Embracing Physical Touch and Meditation for Emotional Well-Being
How I Cope with Agoraphobia
My Battle with Skin Picking
How Working as a NAMI HelpLine Volunteer Changed My Life
Hygiene Indifference: The Symptom We Don’t Talk About
The Power and Value of Insight
Ask Dr. Christine: Youth Mental Health
Finding the Right Treatment Fit
How Faith, Family and a Comedy Career Helped My Recovery
Hanging On the Edge: Rock Climbing and the Therapeutic Relationship
How I Stay Above Water
How The Pandemic Helped Me Build a Stronger Self
Three Questions to Ask a Prospective Therapist
The Widely Neglected Healing Power of Music
Living with Both DID and Schizophrenia
Expressive Arts Therapy: A Sensory Approach to Trauma Healing
Building Stronger Mental Health Support for Caregivers
What I Wish I Had Known About Borderline Personality Disorder
What I Wish I Had Known: We Don’t Have to Wait for a Crisis
5 Truths I Discovered on My Road to Recovery
Lessons Learned: Embracing Treatment and Finding Acceptance
What I Wish I’d Known About Therapy: How to Use CBT and DBT
Ten Questions to Ask Your Psychotherapist
Erasing Mental Health Stigma in the Black Community
Fighting Stigma with Education
Exploring My Own Healing as an Expressive Arts Therapist
What Mental Health Care Can Learn from Dental Health Care Strategies
Building a Recovery-Oriented System of Care
How Time Line Therapy Has Helped Me
How Advocates Can Push for A Crises Standard of Care
Addressing the Lack of Diversity in the Mental Health Field
Navigating Depression and Psychosis: The Experience We Rarely Talk About
Understanding and Managing Psychosis
Boredom as a Symptom
Recent Study Calls for Reevaluating Antidepressant Warnings
The Surprising Mental Health Benefits of Fishing
How Music Shaped My Mental Health Journey
Why Mourning for the Self Is a Necessary Part of Healing
The Importance of Finding Acceptance on My Mental Health Journey
Understanding Mental Illness Triggers
Recent Changes May Affect Access to an Important Medication
How I Developed a Healthy Relationship with Exercise to Help My Mental Health
Finding Reality Through Cartooning
How to Prepare for Your Psychiatric Appointment
What I Learned from Experiencing Postpartum OCD and Depression
Weaving the Threads of Healing Through Writing
Medications Are Not the Only Way to Treat Depression
How My Daughter’s Experience Shaped My Career in Rural Mental Health Care
Understanding and Addressing the Ambiguity in Psychiatry
Overcoming Inadequate Crisis Response: Why 988 is an Opportunity
Overcoming Regional Barriers: Navigating Rural Mental Health Care
Exploring the Connection Between Trauma Healing and Physical Health
How Mindfulness Helped Me Cope with My Husband’s Suicide
Bipolar Depression: The Lows We Don’t Talk About Enough
Are You Really Treatment Resistant?
Finding My Way Back from Suicidal Thoughts
7 Behaviors for Improving Mental Health
How I Founded The Company I Needed During My Journey with OCD
Neurofeedback: A Complement to Talk Therapy and Medication
Buddhist-Derived Psychotherapies for Borderline Personality Disorder
I Am in Charge of My Treatment Plan
Finding my Voice in Therapy as a South Asian
How Lived Experience and Identity Shape Mental Health Counseling
What My Brothers Taught Me About the Importance of Early Intervention
How School-Based Mental Health Providers Can Help Hispanic/Latinx Students
Stereotypes and Seeking Care in a Racialized America
How To Navigate the Overwhelming Volume of Mental Health Apps
Finding Myself in the Main Character of “Prozac Nation”
Using Lived Experience to Adapt Mental Health Language
Building an Early Warning Sign System
Understanding Schizophrenia
My Daughter’s First Episode of Psychosis
A Message for Anyone with a Treatment-Resistant Mental Illness
Let My Journey with BPD Be Your Guide (Not Your Blueprint)
How Biking Helped My PTSD
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