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By Nadia Ghaffari, Founder of TeenzTalk.org
We all remember the challenges and difficulties of high school––even before the internet and social media! Raising a child today is hard; it doesn’t come with a manual, and often, we feel like we are winging it.
We know kids today are dealing with...
By Paul Gionfriddo, MHA National President & CEO, and Nathaniel Counts, MHA National Senior Policy Director
The Interagency Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee (ISMICC) is a new change agent for mental health reform that was established by the 21st Century Cures Act, thanks to the incredible efforts of Senators Cassidy and Murphy and Representatives Murphy...
By Steven Feldman, Executive Director, The Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI)
MHA Staff and their Furry Friends
Living in today’s fast-paced and interconnected world can be tough on our mental health.
Technological advances like smartphones, high-speed internet and social media...
By Jennifer Cheang, MHA National Digital Marketing Manager, and Sachin Doshi, MHA National Director of Development
Photo Credit: Ninja Theory
Warning: Some major plot spoilers below, as well as sensitive content.
Video games are growing exponentially as a form of mass media....
By Nathaniel Z. Counts, JD, MHA Senior Policy Director
MHA appreciates your tremendous federal advocacy to stop the House and Senate health care bills...
By Jean-Phillipe Regis, Manager, Children, Youth and Families, Human Rights Campaign Foundation
In minority and marginalized communities, mental health is often considered a taboo or weakness--something I’ve heard should be “taken to God.” Treatment for mental illness is spoken about in even more hushed tones. That’s one reason...
By: Marcel “Fable The Poet” Price
I am a poet, teaching artist, and a full-time creative who inspires the, individuals of tomorrow, today. But what does that even mean?
In a nutshell I use my stories, along with poetry, as a catalyst to get students to unpack stressors that they have been harboring or have bottled up.
...By Lauren Carson, Founder of Black Girls Smile Inc.
I remember precisely the day that I first heard the word “depression” float into the air and for some reason the word landed heavily on me in a foreshadowing manner.
I was thirteen years old and overheard a conversation between my parents as my father...
By Paul Gionfriddo, President and CEO
However, a delay doesn't mean that we stop advocating....
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