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Mental Health

Open, honest dialogue about mental health is so important. These posts offer perspectives often missing from the conversation.

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A drawing of a woman with olive skin and black hair sitting in front of a grey laptop. A green plant and blue painting are in the background.

Working While Schizophrenic: Becoming Out and Proud

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My Pain is Personal

  • Mental Health
  • Race and Disability
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Monsters in the Closet: Facing Fears of Inaccessibility

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  • COVID-19
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Illustration of a blue and yellow balancing scale. On the left side is a red heart with white text that reads "health" on it and, on the right side, is a black bag with a gold U.S. dollar sign on it. The illustration has a light blue background.

Debtors’ Prison Waiting Room: Insurance Preauthorization in the Era of Step-Therapy

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What My Joints Tell Me

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Mass Incarceration’s Dystopia Gets Even Worse: Harvesting Organs and Co-Opting Radical Language

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It’s Okay Not to Be Okay – Until It’s Not

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Rooted in Rights 2023 and Beyond

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Tangled: Exploring the Overlapping Symptoms of ADHD and Trauma

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A Life Worth Living: An Elegy For My Mother

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You Make Me Sick: The Dehumanizing Trauma of Disability Benefits Processes

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Removing the Stigma of Alcoholism in the Teaching Profession

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The Costs of Burdening People with Medical Bills for Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization

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“Left on Read”: Coping with Communication Anxiety

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Justice Should Not Mean Bringing Up Trauma for People with PTSD

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