Given that one in four people will experience a mental health condition at some point in their lifetime, this is unacceptable. Thankfully, a critical mass of Twitter users are here to transform those negative perceptions, starting …
Recently I received a text message from Amber Becker, one of my readers, asking about my time in the state hospital system. Her daughter McKenzie has several psychiatric and developmental disorders, has been in and out …
The New York Times has a short article about “Why People With Mental Illness Are Able to Obtain Guns“. One reason offered is “Their Mental Health Records Are Not Accessible”. The author, unfortunately, does not provide …
The instinct to avoid the topic of mental illness prevents many families whose lives have been impacted by it from talking about it.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Social Development Commission (SDC) and NAMI of Greater Milwaukee partnered on Saturday, December 19, to offer a Mental Health Resource Fair providing free resources to individuals and …
