Deportation Anxiety for Today’s Young Adults

Friday, November 17, 2017

 “DACA youth are in between worrying about their parents, worrying about themselves, and worrying about their little brothers and sisters,” says Dr. Luis Zayas. Congress is set to take action on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on March 5,...

Recovery at the Clubhouse

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

“A clubhouse is more than a place to be,” Athena McClendon says. “It’s a place to belong.” Recovery has evolved from a buzzword into a useful framework for giving meaning to the experience of living with mental illness. Advocates of...

What is Mental Health Becoming?

Monday, August 21, 2017

“Mind is the thing that we are dealing with when we are dealing with psychiatric challenges,” Ken Thompson says. “Mind is the thing in us that allows us to be both in the world and inside ourselves at the same time.” No matter which way you...

Mental Health in Schools

Thursday, August 3, 2017

“Our hope is that this program will shift the culture,” Stephany Bryan says, “and it will definitely shift the culture in educational settings by being able to provide campuses with opportunities for learning new and innovative ways of providing appropriate services...

Integrated Health Care for Foster Youth

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

“What we set out to do was establish a system that would, in fact, cater to the needs of foster children in one place,” Jacquelyn McMillon says, “and that children did not have to go all over the city of Houston to get the most basic of care.” In 2015, the Texas...

Mental Health and Media: Stop Raising Awareness Already

Friday, June 9, 2017

“Awareness does not always associate with action or effectiveness,” Carrie Baron says. “Just because you’re aware doesn’t mean that you’re changing the situation.” Earlier this year, an article published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review urged organizations to...