mental health

The Limits of Therapy-Speak When Advocating Mental Health
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The Limits of Therapy-Speak When Advocating Mental Health

Therapy-speak is about using specific phrases from professional-class work environments or therapy as trump cards in everyday interactions.

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1920 1280 Andrew Lee
Healing Black Youth’s Mental Health
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Healing Black Youth’s Mental Health

The formative years for Black youth is often shaped by individual and mass trauma, which is having a devasting effect on their mental health.

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2400 1349 Sydney Cobb
Amplifying the Need for Mental Healthcare for Immigrants
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Amplifying the Need for Mental Healthcare for Immigrants

As they grapple with common economic and personal hardships, structural and cultural hurdles place an additional burden on immigrants’ mental health.

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1920 1280 Kayla Hui, MPH
The Problem with Blaming Violence on Mental Illness
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The Problem with Blaming Violence on Mental Illness

Linking mass shootings and other violence to mental illness has become routine, but the connection is not that clear-cut.

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2400 1420 Dominique Stewart
The Importance of Suicide Prevention Beyond Mental Health Awareness
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The Importance of Suicide Prevention Beyond Mental Health Awareness

Our approach and discussions on suicide prevention must be more comprehensive than just mental health awareness and care.

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2400 1600 Dominique Stewart
In Crisis: The State of Youth Mental Health
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In Crisis: The State of Youth Mental Health

From discriminatory bills to mass shootings, the current social and political climate is negatively impacting youth mental health.

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2400 1602 Dominique Stewart
Deinstitutionalization and the Creation of Modern-Day Asylums
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Deinstitutionalization and the Creation of Modern-Day Asylums

Despite its intentions, deinstitutionalization resulted in people with mental illness being moved from one carceral institution to another.

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2400 1600 Dominique Stewart
Forgotten in a Broken Mental Health System
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Forgotten in a Broken Mental Health System

The surge in anti-Asian violence has taken a toll on the AAPI mental health, increasing the community’s need for mental health care.

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2400 1600 Kayla Hui, MPH
Cheslie Kryst and the Stigma Around Black Mental Health
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Cheslie Kryst and the Stigma Around Black Mental Health

The death by suicide of former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst has placed a focus on Black mental health, the systemic inequities that affect it, and the stigma around getting help.

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Understanding Intergenerational Trauma
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Understanding Intergenerational Trauma

Suppressed below the surface, traumatic memories endure not only within survivors but also within the second generation that they helped save.

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