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Disgust: A Natural Emotional Response to Abuse
Disgust is often a message from our brain telling us that someone is or was toxic to our mental health. Identifying and processing disgust, no matter how long ago the abuse occurred, can be a turning point toward recovery. -
Trauma-Informed Care and Cultural Humility in the Mental Health Care of People From Minoritized Communities
This article outlines general principles of trauma-informed care and ways to enact it. Because the situations in which trauma arises, the ways in which it is conceptualized, and how patients respond to it are influenced by both culture and individual factors, a cultural humility approach is also described and recommended. Psychiatrists can navigate the complex terrain of cultures and social backgrounds in the clinical encounter and can promote healing when treating patients who have experienced trauma by adopting a trauma-informed care approach and an attitude of cultural humility. -
NAMI’s Ask the Expert Webinar: With CHOICES and Support, You Can Quit Smoking
Learn more with NAMI and Dr. Jill Williams about the impact of smoking on people with mental health conditions and how it's possible to quit. -
Typologies of Adversity in Childhood & Adulthood as Determinants of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders of Adults Incarcerated in US Prisons
Incarcerated people have disproportionately high rates of adverse experiences, mental health and substance use disorders. This study identifies typologies of adversity among adults incarcerated in US prisons. Typologies are used to predict mental health and substance use disorders. Disparities by gender, race and ethnicity are also examined.Incarcerated people identifying as either women or white experienced higher rates of nearly all types of adverse experiences, as compared to either men or non-white people. Women also had higher rates of mental health and substance use disorders, except for alcohol use disorder. -
Vital Signs: Estimated Proportion of Adult Health Problems Attributable to Adverse Childhood Experiences and Implications for Prevention
Efforts that prevent adverse childhood experiences could also potentially prevent adult chronic conditions, depression, health risk behaviors, and negative socioeconomic outcomes. States can use comprehensive public health approaches derived from the best available evidence to prevent childhood adversity before it begins. By creating the conditions for healthy communities and focusing on primary prevention, it is possible to reduce risk for adverse childhood experiences while also mitigating consequences for those already affected by these experiences -
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Preventing Early Trauma to Improve Adult Health
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Fact sheet on preventing early trauma to improve adult health -
NAMI’s Ask the Expert Webinar: A Look Inside Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Hear from world-renowned Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) expert Dr. Kathryn Korslund as she describes what a person can expect from DBT. -
Screening and Assessment of Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System
This report provides evidence-based practices for screening and assessment of adults in the justice system with mental illness, substance use disorders, or both. It discusses the importance of instrument selection for screening and assessment and provides detailed descriptions of recommended instruments. -
Self-Help Techniques for Coping with Mental Illness
Some common self-help suggestions people receive are to exercise, meditate and be more present, which are helpful and work for many people. However, other proven methods aren’t mentioned as often. -
Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Leveraging the Best Available Evidence
A resource to help states and communities leverage the best available evidence to prevent ACEs from happening in the first place as well as lessen harms when ACEs do occur. It features six strategies drawn from the CDC Technical Packages to Prevent Violence.