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To Move Beyond Stigma, We First Need to Understand It
It is our goal, in the mental health community, to eradicate stigma. But first, we must fully understand stigma. This is the goal of Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Dr. Bernice Pescolido, who has been conducting research on stigma for 20 years. -
Five Things I Have Learned
I do not ‘suffer from bipolar disorder,’ though I once did. It is not because I am ‘cured’ but because I have learned a lot about managing symptoms.
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Monthly Media Watch: Politics, Language and Stigma
Perhaps one bright spot in February—believe it or not—is that mental health has factored at least to some degree in the ongoing presidential campaigns. -
Sharing and Spreading Hope in the African American Community
Mental health awareness in the African American community has been gaining traction nationwide. Hopefully, it will continue to do so as more people share their personal stories, participate in programs such as Sharing Hope and reach out to their community members about mental health. -
Learning to Love Myself—and My Bipolar Disorder
I had heard of bipolar disorder, but I had stigmatized and stereotypical ideas about what people with bipolar disorder were like.
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The Fight for My Life
My psychiatrist finally found a combination of medications that work for me and I don’t have as many dark days anymore.
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NAMI Warns Senate about Criminalization of Mental Illness; Supports Cornyn Bill
NAMI warned the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that criminalization of people living with mental illness has reached "crisis proportions" and called for support of the Mental Health and Safe Communities Act. -
Dear Mom
Dear Mom: There are so many things I wish I could have said to you before you left us.
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Being Courageous
It’s taken me a lot of learning and growing to realize I am not defined by my illness, but by my courage and strength.
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Understanding Ryan
Not understanding the implications of mental illness, I was actually grateful that there was a name for Ryan’s sad, strange behavior and arrested development.