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I Am in Charge of My Treatment Plan

My involvement in my care was essential to recovery.

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Aspects of Culturally Competent Care That We Don’t Talk About (But Need To)

A positive experience in therapy is dependent on a practitioner’s ability to appropriately respond to our unique social, spiritual, economic and political experiences.

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How the Mental Health Community Can Support Black Mental Health

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Addressing the Increased Risk of Postpartum Depression for Black Women

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Navigating My Relationship with Religion While Living with Mental Illness

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Finding my Voice in Therapy as a South Asian

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How Lived Experience and Identity Shape Mental Health Counseling

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Fighting Gender-Based Harassment and Depression

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Accepting My Sexuality in Eating Disorder Recovery

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What My Brothers Taught Me About the Importance of Early Intervention

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Stereotypes and Seeking Care in a Racialized America

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What I Learned While Volunteering for a Trans Suicide Prevention Hotline

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Bettering Mental Health Outcomes for LGBTQ+ Youth

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Why We Need Better Representation of Borderline Personality Disorder

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How Social Media Is Changing the Way We Think About Mental Illness

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How To Navigate the Overwhelming Volume of Mental Health Apps

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The Not So Pretty Version of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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I Thought I Understood My Daughter’s Mental Illness, But I Had No Idea

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Six Underrated Depictions of PTSD in Movies and TV

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From Villain to Hero: Reimagining the Role of Mental Health in Pop Culture

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The Stigmatizing Word Hidden in Mental Health Conversations

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Finding Myself in the Main Character of “Prozac Nation”

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