It is through my own experience with loud sound as the most healing salve I have ever known that I recognize how deeply many of us want to feel better.
It is important to emphasize the pivotal role that research occupies in shaping the trajectory of mental health treatment.
Finding Treatment and Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Depression
The Reality of “High Functioning” Depression
Building Connections: How Relationships and Time with Peers Can Improve Mental Health
Power of Connection: Co-facilitating a NAMI Support Group
Developing Strategies and Finding Community: My Experience in Support Groups
Taking Community Suicide Prevention to the Next Level
His Story Continues
Strengthening Mental Health Support for Students
7 Lessons I Learned as a Survivor of a Friend's Suicide
Neuroplasticity III: Trusting Myself after Psychosis & Jail
Tips For Easing Back-to-School Anxiety
Parenting after Receiving a Schizophrenia Diagnosis
The Power of Insight Building for People with Mental Illness
How My Relationships with My Caregivers Has Helped Me Navigate Schizoaffective Disorder
My Journey to Accepting My Dissociative Identity Disorder
Hearing Voices and Turning Them Off Through Meditation
Celebrating My Daughter’s Life and Schizophrenia Recovery
Becoming Who I was Before Schizophrenia — Or Should I?
Combatting Loneliness and Social Isolation in People with SMI
A Cultural Experience of Recovery
Mental Health Outreach to the South Asian Community
Finding Mental Health Support After Leaving My Hasidic Community
How Improving My Mental Health Helped Me Reconnect with My Culture
We Don’t Feel Safe: Marginalization and Mental Health Challenges in the Queer Community
Addressing Mental Health Barriers in the AAPI Community
Advancing Equity in Mental Health Care for Black/African Ancestry Communities
988 at One: Celebrating Progress & Looking Ahead to Help People in Crisis
Navigating Trauma as a Refugee
Becoming a Culturally Competent Provider to Indigenous Communities
Honoring and Upholding Bebe Moore Campbell’s Legacy
Gender Bias and the Patriarchy’s Impact on Mental Health Advocacy
Rethinking How We Measure Progress in Mental Health Treatment
Breaking Stigma in California by Bringing Mental Health Education to Youth
I Think I Might Be Gay
From Professional Athlete to Mental Health Advocate
The Power of Advocacy: Turning Experience into Impact
The Game-Changing Legacy of The Affordable Care Act
Using Our Voice to Protect the Mental Health of the LGBTQ+ Community
Your Story Can Change Hearts, Minds and Policy
Advocating for Veterans’ Mental Health Gave Me a New Purpose in Life
Writing to Spread Awareness about Bipolar Disorder
Being Queer is Joyful
Destigmatizing Mental Health Through Music
What Being “More Than Enough” Really Means
Surviving the Bed Shortage in Mental Health Treatment Facilities: A Teenager’s Experience
Getting Involved with NAMI on My College Campus
Understanding and Assessing Self-Harm: What You Need to Know
The Comforting and Frustrating Realization that You Are Not Alone
Early Psychosis Intervention
I Wish They’d Seen It Sooner: Growing Up Undiagnosed
Navigating Early Recovery from Schizophrenia
Discovering Self-Love and Acceptance after Tragedy and Mental Illness
Transcending the Self-Stigma From my Youth
Reminding My Younger Self That I’m “More Than Enough”
Dealing with Schizophrenia in a Crowded Restaurant
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
Separating My Identity From a Schizophrenia Diagnosis
Certified Peer Specialists: An Untapped Opportunity
What I’ve Learned on My Mental Health Journey
The Importance of Treatment Adherence and Coordinated Care
Understanding the Necessity of Community First Response
Thriving on the Bipolar Spectrum: Changing the Narrative with Stories of Lived Experience
What It’s Like to Live with an OCD Monster
Lessons in Advocacy from a State and Federal Legislative Staffer
Celebrating NAMI’s Role in Advocating for an Improved Criminal Justice System
How the Justice System Fails Those with Mental Illness
How Solitary Confinement Contributes to the Mental Health Crisis
All People Deserve Quality Care, Including Those Who Are Incarcerated
It’s Not the Hormones: Reflections on a Teenage Girl’s Traumatic 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
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
Children Should Not Have to Be Resilient
Embracing Physical Touch and Meditation for Emotional Well-Being
How I Cope with Agoraphobia
My Battle with Skin Picking
How I Navigated Gender and Sexuality with Multiple Personalities
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
4 Tips for Sharing Your Mental Health Journey on Social Media
Ask Dr. Christine: Youth Mental Health
My Schizophrenia Checklist
Facing the Aftermath of Abuse: My Ongoing Journey Towards Healing
Finding the Right Treatment Fit
How Faith, Family and a Comedy Career Helped My Recovery
Critical Things to Know About Emotions for Mental Health and Healing
Why I’m Not Making Any New Year’s Resolutions
Hanging On the Edge: Rock Climbing and the Therapeutic Relationship
How I Stay Above Water
How The Pandemic Helped Me Build a Stronger Self
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