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Finding the Best Psychiatrist for You
Finding a psychiatrist that helps you work towards your goals is essential for recovery. Here are the steps Katherine took in order to get the care she needed. -
Digital Therapy Apps: Good or Bad?
A lot of apps claim they can help us with our mental health. However, there have been many questions about the extent to which these apps can actually help. Researcher, technology expert and psychiatrist, Dr. Torous explains the positive and negative aspects of these apps. -
Dear Potential Employers
"Mental health advocates have long recognized what we're fighting is beyond stigma. It is discrimination. This fear was why I hid my diagnosis all these years." -
Federal Judge Helps Protect People on Medicaid
U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled for the second time against taking Medicaid coverage away from people who do not meet work requirements. -
NAMI Provides Testimony to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Extreme Risk Protection Orders
Ron Honberg, NAMI’s senior policy advisor, testified in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee regarding Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs). He emphasized that criteria for ERPOs should be based on specific, real-time behaviors and evidence-based risk factors for violence rather than targeting people with mental illness. -
When I Was Fired After Medical Leave
"Before I left on medical leave, I had taken on additional work to help a colleague whose husband was very ill and had been out for a few weeks, so I carried her caseload. Apparently, they have a different standard if you take leave because of mental illness." -
It’s Not Stigma, It’s Discrimination
Often when we talk about stigma, we are actually talking about discrimination. We need to claim what people are experiencing as a civil and human rights issue and demand an end to discrimination.
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But I was a Victim, Right?
"I was twenty-two years old and in my last semester of undergraduate college when I suffered two psychotic breaks. During this time, I was unable to control my thoughts and behavior." -
Millennials and Mental Health
Millennials are more likely to talk about mental health than their parents or grandparents. And as more young people speak out, the stigma surrounding mental illness is beginning to lessen. -
How to Have a Healthy Relationship with Social Media
We've all heard of the negative impact social media can have on mental health, but there are ways it can play a more positive role in our lives.