As we enter the month of September, keep sharing important resources and tips on preventing suicide, like the fine folks at NAMI remind us: September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month—a time to share resources and stories in an effort to shed light on this highly taboo and stigmatized topic. We use this month to reach out…
I’m sharing this story, not because I want to shame anyone in particular, but to try and explain why I ignore so many requests from people to share their attempts to raise money or sign petitions in support of their story. Here is, yet again, a case of a cause that went viral in a…
Dr. Grohol has a lot to say about misleading advertising, and other practices within the addiction treatment industry. We know there are some sketchy advertising practices, and we know there are even some sketchy treatment being given to people dealing with addiction, let alone the mental health treatment many of them also need. Sadly, when…
This article is intense. It is also something we need to talk about, and do something about. People with mental illnesses in jails around the country are routinely dying in horrific ways and under preventable circumstances, a Virginian-Pilot investigation has found. The country’s 3,000-plus jails are the default treatment center for many. There is often…
Good for her. This is an issue for all people, but from what I have been reading over the years, is especially stigmatizing in the black community. It shouldn’t be that way, anywhere. “Empire” actress Taraji Henson is launching a new foundation in honor of her late father. The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation will raise…
Totally agree with this assessment of mental health apps. Technology, after all, is not foolproof. An algorithm is no substitute for personal care. “We know that recovery can be a difficult, long-term process,” says Torous, who is also the director of the APA’s work group on the evaluation of smartphone apps. “People often want extra…
