Essential Resources for Individuals of All Ages Living with Schizophrenia Schizophrenia can feel like a hopeless situation when it enters your life, or the life of someone you love. But while mental health concerns are challenging, they are not hopeless. With the right support system in place, it is possible to live a [...]
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How to Share Your Schizophrenic Journey with the World, and How It Can Impact Others As someone who has experienced schizophrenia, you know just how isolating an experience it can be. Conversely, you also know just how positive and impactful it can be when someone else shares their experiences of the ailment and [...]
Collaborative Care: The Dynamic Duo of Mental Health Nurse Practitioners and Psychotherapists Each person is an individual, which means that mental healthcare needs will look different for everyone. With all the new tools being used in the field of healthcare and mental health, such as electronic health records (EHRs), it’s never been easier [...]
The Intricacies of Maintaining Good Mental Health as a Stressed Parent Life as a parent can feel like one long day. A blur of naps, and diaper changes. Hasty meals. Lengthy cleanups. Quiet voices so as not to disturb naps, and gentle coddling to restore the naps that are inevitably interrupted. Add to [...]
Disparities in Mental Health Care: Which Populations Face the Biggest Challenges? Mental health is just as important as physical health. Unfortunately, not everyone in the United States has access to the same level of care and the resources they need to treat any issues and maintain optimal mental health. Health disparities are a [...]
Building Stronger Communities: Collaborative Solutions for Rural Mental Health Care For residents in rural communities, finding mental health resources and care options can be extremely difficult. Unfortunately, these barriers can contribute to feelings of isolation, loneliness, and anxiety, further exacerbating symptoms. Thankfully, there is a key solution that can help remedy the issue [...]
Tips for Staying Calm and Focused While Running a Business Owning your own business is an exciting way to make a living doing something that you legitimately care about. It can also be very stressful. Failure and success come down to your decisions. That’s a lot of weight to carry around with you. [...]
The Impact of Peer Support Groups in Alleviating Anxiety Among Public School Students In 95% of schools, there will come a moment in the year when an alarm goes off, and children are asked to behave as though were an armed intruder. They barricade their classrooms. They hide. In some cases, a person [...]
Examining the Unrecognized Link Between Climate Change and Mental Health While many people are aware that climate change is having a damaging effect on our environment, fewer are aware of the mental health impacts it is having on society. In fact, the relationship between climate change and mental health is actually quite [...]
What Should I Wear To Support Mental Health? Sometimes mental health advocacy can seem distant or unfeasible for the everyday person, but it can be as simple as what you choose to wear. 1. Define Normal - T-Shirt The Define Normal T-Shirt, for example, poses an ostensibly simple task [...]
What is it like to live with Schizophrenia? Q&A What is it like to live with Schizophrenia? In this video, Michelle Hammer, who lives with schizophrenia answers your questions to common questions she gets about life with the disorder. How did she get schizophrenia? What it's like to have a schizophrenia episode. [...]
Breaking the Cycle of Stress: The Impact of Access to Everyday Necessities Food insecurity is an existential problem in the United States. Millions of people live in the uncertainty that they might not have access to enough food, shelter, and clothing to keep themselves and their families safe. It’s a problem that has [...]
The Importance of Multicultural Competency in Psychology For decades there have been many social barriers in place that kept people from receiving adequate psychological care. Serious conditions were addressed, while more common mental health concerns, stress, anxiety, and depression, were often left unexamined. The stigma around mental healthcare has largely abated. It is [...]
Four Effective Tips That Are Significant for Your Mental Health Mental health needs the same care and attention as physical health. It includes psychological, emotional, and social wellbeing. Body and mind are connected so that they will be treated similarly. The improved state of mind determines how you handle stress, make individual choices [...]
Future Trends in Mental Health Care With each passing decade, more and more emphasis is being placed on addressing the mental health needs of the public and offering accessible treatments to a wide array of people. Today, thankfully, mental health has become a big priority in healthcare and more resources are being put [...]
Kracking Up | A Crazy Night Of Mental Health Comedy Schizophrenic.NYC is putting on a Comedy show with Comedians living with SMI and bringing humor to a subject we don’t often laugh about. A night of kracking jokes and destroying stigma while doing so. TIME: 9:30PM | DOORS OPEN AT 9PM [...]
Common Challenges for College Students with Psychiatric Disabilities Not surprisingly, individuals with psychiatric disabilities experience challenges that others can’t always relate to or understand. And in some environments, those challenges can become particularly taxing. It’s important for those who don’t have personal experience with psychiatric conditions or disabilities to learn about the ways [...]
Ready, Set, Talk! A List of Topics Worth Discussing in Therapy Therapy has been proven to be a powerful tool for personal growth and development. It allows you to explore yourself in greater depth and uncover new aspects of your personality, which can help you understand who you are and why you do what [...]
Creating the Ideal Learning Environment for a Number of Mental Health Conditions Mental health conditions do not define someone’s ability to learn, but they can make it more challenging for students to thrive in a traditional learning environment. To ensure that students of all ages have access to the resources they need to succeed, [...]
Dealing with Abuse and Schizophrenia - How A Social Worker Can Help Mental illness and physical abuse are challenges that can’t be handled solely on the home front. Professional intervention is required to produce a safe, lasting solution. Unfortunately, the very natures of abuse and mental illness make it hard to seek the [...]
Schizophrenia: Three Moms in the Trenches Schizophrenic NYC: Define Normal, Defy Stigma and Homelessness (ep 59) Episode Description Guest: Michelle Hammer Michelle Hammer is a Schizophrenia Activist and spends her time passionately fighting stigma. Michelle was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 22 after a misdiagnosis of bipolar at age 18. At 27, Michelle [...]
What Role Can the Government Play in Helping the Homeless Who Struggle with Mental Health Issues? Even though public awareness about mental health and mental illnesses has grown substantially over the past 5-10 years, instances of mental health problems still run rampant through many parts of our society. One vulnerable group that is [...]
Nurses Have Mental Stress Too & Challenges That Come with It Becoming a nurse takes a lot of hard work and dedication. People only choose this career path if they want to make a difference in the lives of people who are trying to recover from injuries or illnesses. Because of this, compassion [...]
Jokes About Schizophrenia This past September I attended the HealtheVoices 2022 Conference. It was an absolute blast! I met people from all over the country advocating for their illnesses. I met and hung out with Schizophrenia advocates like TikToker Kody Green and YouTuber/Podcaster Rachel Star Live. I also got to hang out [...]
