Media

A Show Worth Watching ‘One Day At A Time’

February 15, 2019

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

August 17, 2017

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

September 22, 2015

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?

July 21, 2015

By Kelly Davis, MHA Policy and Programming Associate

In the Aftermath of the Marysville Shooting

October 27, 2014

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

August 23, 2013

Mind Over Pop Culture: Perception

July 18, 2013

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.