In May, Young Minds Advocacy wrote to the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) requesting action to end the prohibition on providing intensive community-based mental healthcare to as many as 15,000 …
Category Archives: Stigma
Army medic works through PTSD with help from Vietnam vet | Article …
Al Alcantara, a retired Army staff sergeant who served 21 years as a combat medic, recently graduated from an inpatient treatment program for post-traumatic stress disorder at Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Bay …
Greater health care integration will help eradicate mental … – jagwire
The stigma of having and treating mental health problems must give way to an integrated educational and health care model that embraces recovery, experts say. AUGUSTA, Ga. – The stigma of having and treating mental …
When Your Roommate Has Bipolar Disorder | Relationships and …
Those effects can be felt more acutely by those who live with someone suffering with a mental illness. When your roommate has bipolar disorder — or any other mental illness — they may unwittingly be responsible for taking …
Can video games combat mental illness stigma? – Phys.org
"The challenge games face in regard to the mental health discussion is how to bring these issues to light without falling into the common traps," Patrick Lindsey wrote in a 2014 opinion piece for Polygon, noting that horror …