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We Don’t Feel Safe: Marginalization and Mental Health Challenges in the Queer Community

We all need those who stand firmly atop the social hierarchy to listen to us and then use their privilege to act up for the queer community.

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Advancing Equity in Mental Health Care for Black/African Ancestry Communities

We plan to carve out a new path of advocacy for Black/African Ancestry communities.

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988 at One: Celebrating Progress & Looking Ahead to Help People in Crisis

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Gender Bias and the Patriarchy’s Impact on Mental Health Advocacy

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The Power of Advocacy: Turning Experience into Impact

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The Game-Changing Legacy of The Affordable Care Act

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Using Our Voice to Protect the Mental Health of the LGBTQ+ Community

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Your Story Can Change Hearts, Minds and Policy

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Writing to Spread Awareness about Bipolar Disorder

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What Being “More Than Enough” Really Means

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Surviving the Bed Shortage in Mental Health Treatment Facilities: A Teenager’s Experience

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The Comforting and Frustrating Realization that You Are Not Alone

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Early Psychosis Intervention

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Determining The Credibility of Social Media Mental Health “Experts”

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My Fight for Recovery

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What No One Told Me About Being in a Psych Hospital

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Certified Peer Specialists: An Untapped Opportunity

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What I’ve Learned on My Mental Health Journey

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Understanding the Necessity of Community First Response

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Thriving on the Bipolar Spectrum: Changing the Narrative with Stories of Lived Experience

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Lessons in Advocacy from a State and Federal Legislative Staffer

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Celebrating NAMI’s Role in Advocating for an Improved Criminal Justice System

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How the Justice System Fails Those with Mental Illness

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How Solitary Confinement Contributes to the Mental Health Crisis

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All People Deserve Quality Care, Including Those Who Are Incarcerated

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It’s Not the Hormones: Reflections on a Teenage Girl’s Traumatic Crisis

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More than a Patient: Using a Recovery-Based Approach

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Black Men and Mental Health: Practical Solutions

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Pursuing Motherhood While Living with Mental Illness

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Type 2 Diabetes and Mental Health: Exploring the Connection

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Physical and Mental Illness in Children: Both Need to Be Taken Seriously

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Children Should Not Have to Be Resilient

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How I Cope with Agoraphobia

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How Working as a NAMI HelpLine Volunteer Changed My Life

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The Power and Value of Insight

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4 Tips for Sharing Your Mental Health Journey on Social Media

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Ask Dr. Christine: Youth Mental Health

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Facing the Aftermath of Abuse: My Ongoing Journey Towards Healing

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Finding the Right Treatment Fit

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How The Pandemic Helped Me Build a Stronger Self

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Three Questions to Ask a Prospective Therapist

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How We Can Improve our Approach to Treating Psychosis

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The Importance of Prioritizing Emotional Wellness over Academic Achievement

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Addressing Youth Mental Health in NAMI’s Next Book

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Thoughts on The Pandemic, Trust Issues and Trauma Survivors

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Building Stronger Mental Health Support for Caregivers

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My Son Has Schizophrenia. This is My Advice to Caregivers.

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Confronting Mental Health Challenges in Rural America

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My Son is a Missing Person

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What I Wish I Had Known: We Don’t Have to Wait for a Crisis

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5 Truths I Discovered on My Road to Recovery

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Lessons Learned: Embracing Treatment and Finding Acceptance

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Surviving Motherhood and Mental Health: What I Wish I Knew When Life Went Off-Script

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Observing 27 Years with OCD

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What I Wish I'd Known About Caregiving: 7 Tips To Navigate Mental Health Challenges in Your Family

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What I Wish I’d Known About Therapy: How to Use CBT and DBT

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What I Wish I’d Known About Medication: Debunking Myths About Antipsychotics

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What I Wish I Had Known About Stigma: I Don’t Want to be “Normal”

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Ageism, Mental Health and Suicide Risk in Older Men

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How Law Enforcement Perpetuated My Son’s Trauma During a Mental Health Crisis

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Changing The Conversation About Suicide

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Ten Questions to Ask Your Psychotherapist

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Caring for Those Who Care for Us: Physician Suicide Awareness and Prevention

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I Am Not Alone: Finding Healing with NAMI

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Dealing with Intrusive Thoughts

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Finding My Life’s Purpose in Suicide Prevention and Peer Support

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The State of Suicide Today - And Ways to Prevent It

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Anosognosia: A Big Word for a Surprising Condition

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Shifting the Research Lens: Mothers of Adult Children with SMI

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My Battle with Bipolar Disorder

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Understanding Bipolar Disorder

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What Does a Culturally Responsive Framework Look Like?

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Rethinking Emergency Response to Mental Health Crises

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Embracing Hip-Hop Music in Mental Health Treatment

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My Experience as a Transgender Physician with Mental Illness

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Mobile Crisis Teams: Providing an Alternative to Law Enforcement for Mental Health Crises

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To Improve Student Mental Health, We Need More Than Crisis Response

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Bold Action Will Change the Mental Health Conversation

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Reimagining Mental Health in Schools

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It’s Time for New Standards for Mental Health Care

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What Mental Health Care Can Learn from Dental Health Care Strategies

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Building a Recovery-Oriented System of Care

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How Advocates Can Push for A Crises Standard of Care

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Addressing the Lack of Diversity in the Mental Health Field

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Why We Need Mental Health Care Integration

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How You Can #Act4MentalHealth During the Next Legislative Session

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How to Prepare for Your Psychiatric Appointment

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Finding Emotional Well-Being as an Indigenous Woman in America

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How My Daughter’s Experience Shaped My Career in Rural Mental Health Care

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How Advocates Can Push for a Crises Standard of Care

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Navigating Financial Barriers to Mental Health Treatment

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Overcoming Cultural Barriers on the Road to Recovery

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Overcoming Inadequate Crisis Response: Why 988 is an Opportunity

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Overcoming Regional Barriers: Navigating Rural Mental Health Care

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The Transdiagnostic Dimensional Approach: Another Way of Understanding Mental Illness

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I Am in Charge of My Treatment Plan

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Aspects of Culturally Competent Care That We Don’t Talk About (But Need To)

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How the Mental Health Community Can Support Black Mental Health

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Addressing the Increased Risk of Postpartum Depression for Black Women

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Finding my Voice in Therapy as a South Asian

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How Lived Experience and Identity Shape Mental Health Counseling

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Stereotypes and Seeking Care in a Racialized America

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