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A Show Worth Watching ‘One Day At A Time’

By America Paredes, MHA Associate Vice President of Partnerships and Community Outreach


Photo courtesy of Netflix

How a Video Game Could Change the Way We Think About Mental Health

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.

Tell Retailers: “Gone Mental” Halloween Costumes are Offensive and Stigmatizing

By Casey Dillon, Advocacy Associate

Halloween costumes are meant to be scary or funny, but costumes such as “Gone Mental” that caricature individuals in psychiatric hospitals are neither. They are offensive and harmful.

What Makes Someone Worthy of Help?

By Kelly Davis, MHA Policy and Programming Associate

In the Aftermath of the Marysville Shooting

By Paul Gionfriddo, President/CEO

I was sitting at my desk when the news broke on Friday afternoon that a fifteen year old student at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington had opened fire in the school cafeteria, killing at least one other student before taking his own life as well.

Another fourteen year old died over the weekend, bringing the death toll to three – all young teenagers.

Mind Over Pop Culture: Prozac Nation

Mind Over Pop Culture: Perception

Perception, the TNT television show, has an interesting hook. The main character, Dr. Daniel Pierce, is a neuroscientist who assists the FBI with cases. He also has paranoid schizophrenia. Instead of making him an empty shell of nervous tics, the show makes Dr. Pierce a fully formed person.

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