A Brief Introduction July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, and over the next weeks we will be sharing stories...
Protest Prose by Keton Kakkar
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Home Design Strategies for Improved Mental Health
Mental health is influenced by many factors, including environment. The appearance, location and decor of an environment can promote feelings...
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Why Substance Abuse Worsens Your Mental Health
Have you ever heard of anyone taking “mind-expanding” drugs? People often use this term when they talk about hallucinogens like...
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Teen Mental Health Advocate Christine Frey Launches Brain XP
One of the most important things to remember in life is that everybody needs help sometimes. When I was first...
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Our Study Finds Google Search Can Encourage Help-Seeking for Psychosis
While advertisers have long taken to the Internet to reach potential consumers, mental health systems have historically underutilized digital channels...
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Don’t Let Stigma Get in the Way of Your Recovery
My first introduction to mental illness was when I was young and a family member was diagnosed. I became familiar...
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There’s No Time Limit on the Road to Recovery
If I had to describe myself I’d say that I love nature, hiking, and music. And I love to travel,...
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Accepting Yourself Through ACT
The ABCs of ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy, which means it helps people...
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Partners for StrongMinds Joins One Mind Institute
We’re excited to announce that Partners for StrongMinds (P4SM) is merging with One Mind Institute, a nonprofit organization that has...
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Inside an Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic
The second in a series of conversations with Krista Baker, creator and program supervisor of the Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic (EPIC)...
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How My Experience in Treatment Launched My Career in Psychiatric Nursing
I was born in Fresno, California and grew up in Maine, on a Native American reservation. I grew up close...
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How Obamacare Helped Me Make it to Graduation
In 2011, I had a health-related emergency. The pressure of full-time graduate student status, internships, and laying the groundwork for...
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7 Facts About Exercise and Brain Health
What does exercise have to do with brain health? In case you need a little more incentive to hit the...
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My Journey With Schizoaffective Disorder
After four years of tests, imaging, and hospitals, my doctors said, “You’ve got Schizophrenia.” I remember how ungodly still I...
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Carlos: My Story of Strength
I first noticed changes in my mental health in adolescence. I remember my thoughts would sound like a broken radio...
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When It Comes To Mental Health Care, We Are Not All Equal
If you or a loved one were in need of mental health treatment and could move anywhere in the U.S. to...
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Leave No Stone Unturned
One therapist’s mission to grow specialized, community-based mental health care that everyone can access This is part one of a series...
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Mental health as a pink ribbon illness: Will we get there?
This week, a new Knott’s Berry Farm attraction, “5150: FearVR,” drew criticism from advocates nationwide, resulting in Knott’s deciding to...
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The Moment I Decided To Take Control Of My Recovery
The following is a contribution from award winning poet and mental health advocate Matthew Gaymer, excerpted from his book, A...
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3 Prescriptions For Self Care When Stress Takes Its Toll
It can be hard enough to get through a typical week keeping stress in check. As we are constantly pelted...