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From Gang Member to Mental Health Advocate

I grew up in an inner-city community in San Diego, California, called “Southeast.” This area has always been known for crime, drugs and — most...

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How EMDR Healed My Trauma

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...

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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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Neuroplasticity III: Trusting Myself after Psychosis & Jail

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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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Hearing Voices and Turning Them Off Through Meditation

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I Think I Might Be Gay

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The Game-Changing Legacy of The Affordable Care Act

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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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My Fight for Recovery

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What No One Told Me About Being in a Psych Hospital

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Losing a Client to Suicide: Navigating the Aftermath as a Therapist

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What I’ve Learned on My Mental Health Journey

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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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