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Loving Yourself After Psychosis: Healing and Moving Forward
Choosing to love yourself can serve as a road map out of darkness and into a bright future. -
My Case for Using and Respecting Trigger Warnings
When people with influence demean trigger warnings, they perpetuate a harmful line of thinking that ignores the lived experiences of so many people. -
What to Expect During an Inpatient Stay
For anyone who may be considering an inpatient stay, I want to share what I’ve learned about the process. -
Grieving the Life I Thought I’d Live
Often, I reminisce on what it was like to feel mentally “healthy” — the way I was during my childhood. -
Barriers to Mental Health: The Middle Eastern Experience
The social rules governing Middle Eastern families may be as different as their migration stories, but the attitudes towards mental health are similar. -
What Does a Culturally Responsive Framework Look Like?
When it comes to fostering effective advocacy and creating meaningful social change, we cannot underestimate the power of the words we use along the way. -
Rethinking Emergency Response to Mental Health Crises
Moving forward, we need adequate funding for mobile crisis services, whether through legislation, Medicaid reimbursements or nontraditional funding mechanisms. -
Embracing Hip-Hop Music in Mental Health Treatment
As I entered the mental health space professionally, I witnessed how treatment lacked cultural competence. -
Cutting Through the Stigma: NAMI and The Confess Project
Cutting Through the Stigma: NAMI and The Confess Project Join NAMI CEO Dan Gillison and Dontay Williams, CEO of The Confess Project, at Legends Barbershop in Atlanta, Ga., and learn about how the two organizations meet people where they are. Hear directly from barbers, their customers, counselors, NAMI members and folks from The Confess Project […]
