Hearing one another’s stories, weighing different approaches, being reminded of self-care and comic relief — all of that is heartening.
Insight building can help clients better understand themselves, their experiences and their relationships.
My Journey to Accepting My Dissociative Identity Disorder
How Improving My Mental Health Helped Me Reconnect with My Culture
Addressing Mental Health Barriers in the AAPI Community
Navigating Trauma as a Refugee
Rethinking How We Measure Progress in Mental Health Treatment
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
Transcending the Self-Stigma From my Youth
The Case for Expanding Peer Support
My Fight for Recovery
What No One Told Me About Being in a Psych Hospital
Losing a Client to Suicide: Navigating the Aftermath as a Therapist
Certified Peer Specialists: An Untapped Opportunity
Celebrating NAMI’s Role in Advocating for an Improved Criminal Justice System
How Solitary Confinement Contributes to the Mental Health Crisis
More than a Patient: Using a Recovery-Based Approach
Engaging Your Community in the Mental Health Conversation
Black Men and Mental Health: Practical Solutions
Physical and Mental Illness in Children: Both Need to Be Taken Seriously
How I Cope with Agoraphobia
The Power and Value of Insight
Finding the Right Treatment Fit
Building Stronger Mental Health Support for Caregivers
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
How Advocates Can Push for A Crises Standard of Care
The Importance of Finding Acceptance on My Mental Health Journey
How to Prepare for Your Psychiatric Appointment
What I Learned from Experiencing Postpartum OCD and Depression
How My Daughter’s Experience Shaped My Career in Rural Mental Health Care
Overcoming Regional Barriers: Navigating Rural Mental Health Care
How School-Based Mental Health Providers Can Help Hispanic/Latinx Students
My Daughter’s First Episode of Psychosis
Schizophrenia Does Not Have Me
Zoomed: My Experience with Online Group Therapy
Making the Most of a Psych Ward Stay: Strategies from a Psychiatric Nurse
Q&A with NIMH Director Dr. Josh Gordon
Shared Decision-making: Getting a Say in Your Care
Everyone Deserves Adequate Mental Health Care
Getting Involved with Minority Mental Health
Why Do We Have the Feeling that We Are Not Enough?
Early Psychosis Programs Are Changing Lives—But What if You Can’t Find One?
4 Ways Teens Can Access Therapy Without Health Insurance
Building Bonds Behind Bars with NAMI Peer-to-Peer
Mental Health Conditions are Legitimate Health Conditions
Why Some People Harm Themselves
Understanding Self-Harm
Reshaping My Relationship with Myself
How Do I Know if My Therapist is Effective?
The Problem with Yelling
Motherhood and Your Mental Health
The First Step in Getting Mental Health Care
Learning to Change in Order to Heal
The Bike Ride: The Story of my Son's Diagnosis
Telehealth: Transforming Child Mental Health Care
Outreach and Engagement for Early Psychosis
Navigating the Mental Health System with Dual Diagnosis
Disparities Within Minority Mental Health Care
Seeking Help When You Need It
Challenging Multicultural Disparities in Mental Health
Expanding Access to Mental Health Care
The Stigma Associated with Borderline Personality Disorder
The Stigma in Our Health Care System
How Should We Be Treating First-Episode Psychosis?
Finding the Right Mental Health Professional for You
New Film Shows the Impact of Community During Recovery
Compassionate Care in the Emergency Room
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