My Son Has Schizophrenia; This Is My Advice To Caregivers
By Linda Snow-Griffin, Ph.D. This month marks my son Jacob’s 22nd year with schizophrenia. I am happy to announce that...
Confronting Mental Health Challenges In Rural America
By Jeff Winton If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health, suicide or substance use crisis or...
Navigating Secondary PTSD: Surviving The War That Came Home
By Jenna Malone If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health, suicide or substance use crisis or...
Navigating Depression And Psychosis: The Experience We Rarely Talk About
By Andrea Rosenhaft LCSW-R My first episode of psychosis arose from a brutal depression. A verse began playing in my...
What I Wish I Had Known About Borderline Personality Disorder
By Lizbeth DeSantiago Around three years ago, I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). I was attending “regular therapy,”...
What I Wish I Had Known: We Don’t Have To Wait For A Crisis
By Drew Robinson As I look back on my life, I remember that younger me experienced a roller coaster of...
5 Truths I Discovered On My Road To Recovery
By Cindy Tillory I’m at a point in my recovery where I feel more comfortable in my thoughts and behaviors....
What I Wish I Had Known On My 20-Year Mental Health Journey
By Katherine Ponte, JD, MBA, CPRP In the 20 years I have lived with mental illness, I have learned some...
Observing 27 Years With OCD
By Liz Norton Living with any chronic illness isn’t easy, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is no exception. Some days, my...
What I Wish I Had Known About Stigma: I Don’t Want To Be “Normal”
By Erik A. Magnuson I am not “normal,” although, at one time, I wished for nothing more. At 50 years...