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Bipolar Disorder: My Experience, My Own Words
"Although it is called bipolar disorder, I often think of myself as being 'tripolar.' Sometimes I experience mania, sometimes I experience depression, but I also inhabit a unique space in the middle. I have to maintain a balance between my two extreme emotions." -
The Many Forms of Mental Illness Discrimination
Learn about the main types of mental illness discrimination and ways to challenge unfair practices. -
People with Mental Illness Can Work
"Stigma says to people with mental illness that we’re not ambitious, motivated, intelligent or able. It says we’re unable to handle stress, too sick and even potentially dangerous. However, these are all myths, and the common belief that people with mental illness cannot work, is a myth." -
Behavioral Health Diversion Interventions: Moving from Individual Programs to a Systems-Wide Strategy
This publication is intended to provide these local leaders with a systems-level conceptual framework for developing a continuum of behavioral health diversion interventions that span the community’s criminal justice system—starting from first contact with law enforcement through incarceration -
What to Do If You Think a Coworker Is Depressed
If you suspect a coworker has depression, you have the opportunity to intervene and make a difference in their lives. Here are a few tips. -
FCC Report on the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018
This report recommends that a 3-digital dialing code be used for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system -
The Legislative Primer Series on Front-End Justice: Young Adults in the Justice System
This report is part of a series that explores policies that impact the front end of the criminal justice system. Each brief looks at who is entering the “front door” of the criminal justice system and gives examples of legislation, national initiatives, best practices, promising programs, and key research on timely issues. The series provides legislatures with the tools they need to consider cost-effective policies that protect public safety. -
Making a Major Life Change for Your Mental Health
Need to switch jobs, move locations, get out of a relationship in order to improve your mental health? Here are Becka's tips for making a major life change to prioritize your well-being. -
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. -
When A New Job Became My Worst Nightmare
"Three months after my hospitalizations, I got my overdue six-month review. The director cataloged every mistake I ever made so that my four-page evaluation read like an attack. I was demoted, pushed to the back of the office and stripped of my previous responsibilities."