Mental Health Blog

Sarah Flinspach of the National Council for Behavioral Health submitted this blog post as part of our Recovery Month 2018 advocacy efforts. In the wake of the high-profile deaths by suicide earlier this year of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and designer Kate Spade,...

This guest post, submitted by Marikka Malm, is a part of the online advocacy efforts we are celebrating during Recovery Month 2018. When I was diagnosed at the age of 26 as having experienced what some would call psychosis, I could never have imagined the road to...

This guest post was written by Jeff Brain, executive director of Coach-Mentors. My experience with recovery is that as a connector - someone who has the privilege and responsibility of connecting people who are struggling with the help and resources they need. In most...

Guest post by Peter Bruun, founder of New Day Campaign. Healing is complex and requires connection: connection between yourself and others, ideally a community of family and friends who accept in full your fallibility and hold on to hope and faith despite whatever...

Guest post by author, Rossa Forbes. I wish recovery were simple and straightforward for people like my son Chris who have experienced a serious mental illness. Often parents speak about recovery in terms of getting their old son or daughter back, meaning I suppose...

Whether you're a family member, someone with lived experience, or a professional in the field, there are experiences close to your heart that make you an advocate for better mental health care. Your experience and your words matter a great deal. Other families may be...

I took this photo today: a humid August afternoon in my backyard garden. I just spent an hour harvesting vegetables, batting at mosquitos, pulling weeds, chasing our free-range chickens from the garden, and dripping sweat. Abundance was a word that came to mind at the...

Mandating mental health education in schools is on my mind these days. Many people are applauding the fact that NY and VA are going to be requiring mental health education for high schoolers. Before you fist-pump and think, "Problem solved!" on school shootings and...

Our message to you is one of possibilities. The concept of integrative recovery embraces the reality that individuals with complex mental health diagnoses can achieve and sustain high levels of functioning and fulfillment. They can create a sense of belonging and...