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What It’s Like to Live with an OCD Monster
The people I trust look at my behaviors and see me — not the odd girl or the monster — a kaleidoscope of a human being. -
Hope Starts With Us: Leading the Way to More Help, Less Handcuffs
In this episode of NAMI’s podcast, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr. speaks with former Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton about how the mental health field and the legal system can continue to work together to ensure people living with mental health conditions receive more help and less handcuffs. Tune in to hear about Justice Stratton’s work with NAMI, mental health advocates and criminal justice reform — and learn more about how you can get involved.
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Celebrating NAMI’s Role in Advocating for an Improved Criminal Justice System
It will take small victories, piling up over time, to reach our final goal. -
How the Justice System Fails Those with Mental Illness
We cannot expect to make progress when we keep those experiencing mental health crises in dehumanizing environments that exacerbate their symptoms. -
How Solitary Confinement Contributes to the Mental Health Crisis
Those with mental illness are overrepresented in solitary confinement, despite the vulnerability and threats to the mental health of those incarcerated. -
All People Deserve Quality Care, Including Those Who Are Incarcerated
Even though jails function as a hidden part of our health systems, they are not held to the same standard of quality care that we expect from health providers. -
It’s Not the Hormones: Reflections on a Teenage Girl’s Traumatic Crisis
Mental health issues and real, traumatic experiences are pinned as a “normal part of growing up” or “just a phase.” -
More than a Patient: Using a Recovery-Based Approach
I believe providers need to do a better job of helping people build fulfilling lives. -
Hope Starts With Us: International Women’s Day: Gender & Mental Health
In this episode of NAMI’s podcast, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr. speaks with actor and advocate Jamie Gray Hyder and NAMI ambassador Elise Banks about gender and mental health in honor of International Women’s Day. Tune in to hear about unique challenges women face, how we can support teenage girls, and more.
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Engaging Your Community in the Mental Health Conversation
Discussing mental health challenges and struggles with friends, family, group members or even a podcast audience is no small task.