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How Lived Experience and Identity Shape Mental Health Counseling
Navigating identity as a professional counselor becomes wildly complex when paired with intersecting racial, ethnic, religious, gender and other identities. -
How School-Based Mental Health Providers Can Help Hispanic/Latinx Students
It is not that parents do not want to engage with school-based mental health professionals, it is more like we are not properly engaging them. -
Stereotypes and Seeking Care in a Racialized America
We are more alike than we are different, so why do these stereotypes and assumptions keep getting in the way? -
Using Lived Experience to Adapt Mental Health Language
By using the language of people with lived experience, we can create a more person-centered approach to the way we all talk about mental health. -
The Most Common Symptom That Is Rarely Asked About
Feeling like yourself is like having a jacket that fits perfectly. Only you can tell that every inch of that jacket conforms to your body. -
Trauma in Children of Latinx Immigrants
Once the child has lived the experience, we cannot undo the act — but we can prevent the extent to which trauma affects the child’s future… -
Podcasts Featuring Three Unique Perspectives on Serious Mental Illness Released in Partnership with APA’s SMI Adviser
NAMI has partnered with the APA’s SMI Adviser program to produce the Medical Mind Podcast series featuring NAMI Chief Medical Officer Ken Duckworth in conversations centered around experiences with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and early psychosis. -
The Importance of Accepting Help
Going through struggles in life is inevitable — but you can accept help to make it a little easier. -
7 Myths About Pediatric Depression
Depression can be just as real for kids as it is for adults. Here are some common myths about childhood depression and ways we can combat them. -
How the Pandemic Has Magnified Mental Health Care Disparities
The disparate impact on Black, Indigenous and Latinx communities is striking.