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The fear of taking a stigmatized drug impacted my course of treatment and overall health outcome.
How Law Enforcement Perpetuated My Son’s Trauma During a Mental Health Crisis
Ten Questions to Ask Your Psychotherapist
Shifting the Research Lens: Mothers of Adult Children with SMI
My Battle with Bipolar Disorder
Surviving to Thriving: Coping with Dissociative Identity Disorder
Understanding Bipolar Disorder
I’ve Taken an Anti-Psychotic Medication and I’m Not Ashamed
What to Expect During an Inpatient Stay
Embracing Hip-Hop Music in Mental Health Treatment
Approaching Mental Health Care with a Trauma-Informed Perspective
Music Therapy: More Than Just Entertainment
Growing Up with Panic Attacks
I Didn’t Treat My Son’s Mental Illness. Now, We Both Face the Consequences.
Missing the Early Warning Signs: My Son’s Journey with Schizophrenia
Understanding The Early Warning Signs of Mental Illness
No Illness, Mental or Physical, is Shameful
Exploring My Own Healing as an Expressive Arts Therapist
Reimagining Mental Health in Schools
It’s Time for New Standards for Mental Health Care
Building a Recovery-Oriented System of Care
How Time Line Therapy Has Helped Me
Every First Responder Deserves Solace
Addressing the Lack of Diversity in the Mental Health Field
Why We Need Mental Health Care Integration
Navigating Depression and Psychosis: The Experience We Rarely Talk About
Boredom as a Symptom
Recent Study Calls for Reevaluating Antidepressant Warnings
Why Mourning for the Self Is a Necessary Part of Healing
Understanding Mental Illness Triggers
Recent Changes May Affect Access to an Important Medication
How to Prepare for Your Psychiatric Appointment
What I Learned from Experiencing Postpartum OCD and Depression
Listening to the Whispers of Mental Illness Before They Turn into Shouts
Medications Are Not the Only Way to Treat Depression
How My Daughter’s Experience Shaped My Career in Rural Mental Health Care
Understanding and Addressing the Ambiguity in Psychiatry
Navigating Financial Barriers to Mental Health Treatment
My Experience with Diagnostic Overshadowing
Overcoming Cultural Barriers on the Road to Recovery
Bipolar Depression: The Lows We Don’t Talk About Enough
Are You Really Treatment Resistant?
How Kate Spade’s Suicide Opened My Eyes to the Impact of Stigma
Neurofeedback: A Complement to Talk Therapy and Medication
Veterans’ Mental Health Myths That Should Be Dispelled
Buddhist-Derived Psychotherapies for Borderline Personality Disorder
The Truth About Dissociative Identity Disorder
The Transdiagnostic Dimensional Approach: Another Way of Understanding Mental Illness
How the Mental Health Community Can Support Black Mental Health
Addressing the Increased Risk of Postpartum Depression for Black Women
Finding my Voice in Therapy as a South Asian
Fighting Gender-Based Harassment and Depression
Accepting My Sexuality in Eating Disorder Recovery
What My Brothers Taught Me About the Importance of Early Intervention
Stereotypes and Seeking Care in a Racialized America
How To Navigate the Overwhelming Volume of Mental Health Apps
My Daughter’s First Episode of Psychosis
Warning Signs of Mental Illness in Children
Myths and Facts of Bipolar Disorder
Five Warning Signs of Mental Illness that People Miss
A Message for Anyone with a Treatment-Resistant Mental Illness
Let My Journey with BPD Be Your Guide (Not Your Blueprint)
Schizophrenia Does Not Have Me
How Public Officials Can Protect the Rights of Prisoners with Mental Illness
Criminal Justice Involvement of People with Serious Mental Illness
What Is Mental Health Probation?
The Most Common Symptom That Is Rarely Asked About
Recovery Begins with a Decision
A New Tool to Help Plan for Crises
Why I Embrace 12-Step Principles as a Therapist
The Waiting Room
Talking to Your Kids About Psychiatric Medications
Quitting Tobacco with A Mental Illness: What You Need to Know
5 Common Myths About Suicide Debunked
My Spiral out of Reality
A New Treatment Option for Major Depressive Disorder
Making the Most of a Psych Ward Stay: Strategies from a Psychiatric Nurse
From Patient to Survivor
How Early Intervention Impacted My Life
My Long Journey to Getting My Son Help
7 Myths About Pediatric Depression
Early Intervention for Borderline Personality Disorder
Why Black Churches Need to Do Better with Mental Health Issues
Why We Need More Culturally Competent Therapists
Discrimination and Racism in the History of Mental Health Care
How I Use ACT and CBT to Help People Cope with Health Conditions
How to Protect Your Mental Health during the Coronavirus Outbreak
Finding the Best Medication Regimen
It's Okay If You Need Meds to Be Okay
Defeating Stigma with Science
The Many Forms of Mental Illness Discrimination
How PTSD Affected My Life
How to Move Forward After Going Through a Crisis
A Blueprint to Healing From Depersonalization
Beyond the Baby Blues: Depression During and After Pregnancy
It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, Even If You Are a Professional
Preventing and Preparing for a Mental Health Crisis
How Writing to Myself Helped Me Cope with Panic Attacks
Don’t Invalidate My Depression
Techniques to Spot Childhood Depression
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