People with mental illness are significantly overrepresented in our nation’s jails and prisons. Each year, roughly two million people with serious mental illness are booked...
My journey with mental health didn’t just shape my perspective; it led me to this work. As Director of Mental Health Equity Innovation at NAMI,...
From Anxiety to Advocacy: How Pharmacogenomic Testing Helped My Mental Health Journey
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Four Decades of Resilience: One Family’s Perspective on Our Mental Health System
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From Gang Member to Mental Health Advocate
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How EMDR Healed My Trauma
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How Research Is Advancing Our Understanding of OCD
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Finding Treatment and Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Depression
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The Reality of “High Functioning” Depression
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Building Connections: How Relationships and Time with Peers Can Improve Mental Health
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Power of Connection: Co-facilitating a NAMI Support Group
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Developing Strategies and Finding Community: My Experience in Support Groups
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Taking Community Suicide Prevention to the Next Level
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His Story Continues
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Strengthening Mental Health Support for Students
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7 Lessons I Learned as a Survivor of a Friend’s Suicide
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Neuroplasticity III: Trusting Myself after Psychosis & Jail
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Tips For Easing Back to School Anxiety
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Parenting after Receiving a Schizophrenia Diagnosis
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The Power of Insight Building for People with Mental Illness
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How My Relationships with My Caregivers Has Helped Me Navigate Schizoaffective Disorder
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My Journey to Accepting My Dissociative Identity Disorder
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