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Things Not to Say to a Parent of a Child with Mental Illness
"We must push back and speak up for our kids when they cannot yet advocate for themselves." -
5 Ways You Can Support Veterans’ Mental Health
Due to the challenging lifestyle inherent to military life, veterans often experience mental health challenges such as PTSD, traumatic brain injury or depression. Here are a few ways you can help give back to them for their service. -
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. -
Caring for the Caregiver
"For me, talking to my therapist, going for long runs or taking salsa dance classes initially only seemed like ways to help myself cope with the stress of caregiving. What I later realized was everything I did actually made me stronger and more resilient during my daughter’s darkest days, which in turn helped her get through them, too." -
How Families Can Work Together
Using a collaborative care plan can help families work together to develop treatment goals, responsibilities and action plans to help their loved one with mental illness. Here's what that would look like. -
My Path to Accepting Mental Illness
"Maybe we will even learn through the process of accepting our illness that what we thought of as weakness has brought us strength. We might learn to love ourselves more for enduring hardship, becoming strong and gaining wisdom." -
Here’s What People Get Wrong About Depression
"In honor of National Depression Awareness Month, I encourage you to have a conversation with your loved ones about depression. Do your best to be a support system for those who need it, and let them know you’re there." -
What I Wish Others Hadn’t Said After My Hospitalization
"Rather than these harmful comments, I want people to ask me how I’m doing, validate my feelings and my struggle, ask if I need help and tell me they’re here if I want to talk about anything." -
Clarifying the Nature of Psychiatric Diagnoses
"We must be precise, united and bold in standing for the unique nature of each individual. We have to stop perpetuating the myth that a psychiatric diagnosis is simultaneously an identity statement, a case study and a personality profile." -
The Difference Between a Disorder and a Feeling
It’s easy to assume that because we all experience anxiety, we have an idea of what living with an anxiety condition might feel like. But that’s simply not the case.