Promoting Mental Health in Everyday Life

Friday, October 20, 2017

Earlier this month, we announced that the Hogg Foundation is making a strategic shift to focus on supporting community environments that promote mental health and well-being. In the process of developing our new strategic plan, we also revisited the foundation’s...

Reentry Peer Support: The Lifeline of Lived Experience

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

This blog post from 2017 was recently updated to include a link to recently published research by Dr. Jennifer Reingle Gonzalez. Imprisonment can upend a person’s life. Upon returning to their communities, people leaving prison confront a world that wants little to do...

A Shift from Mental Illness to Mental Health

Monday, October 2, 2017

“While we were interested in mental illness, our greatest interest was in the preventive side of the problem. I feel that the illness itself is a medical problem and that the foundation should emphasize mental health while cooperating wherever possible.” – Miss Ima...

More Than Texas Tough: What Resilience Means

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Since Hurricane Harvey first made landfall, it’s been humbling and encouraging to see the outpouring of generosity, courage and resilience displayed by Texans in response to this disaster. Texans take pride in individual resilience; how tough we are and how quickly we...

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...

American Psychiatric Nurses Association: From Treatment to Education

Monday, September 18, 2017

“There is recovery. People go on to lead good lives. And infusing that mentality into mental health care is critical to the success and well-being of individuals with mental health needs,” says Stephany Bryan, Program Officer and Consumer & Family Liaison at the...