Maintaining mental health in prison was already challenging before COVID-19 hit.
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Protected: Why We Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month
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Stigma, a silent killer: cannabis and mental health
Responsible cannabis users find that stigmas are often applied to them. The legalization of cannabis has helped to break some of the stigmas associated with its use.
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How and why it’s important to talk about mental health
How do we Spark the Conversation about mental health? Let’s check in with Alia Reichert from the Spark initiative who guides us through some common ways to talk to others about mental health.
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Introducing our cannabis and mental health series
Our leaders Alia Reichert and Cynthia Guzman share some of their experiences and takeaways from their time as organizers in these efforts.
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Medicaid has been good to my body, but it has abandoned my brain
I want choice, not a fistful of deeply unhelpful options wrestled, after months, from the banal, cruel system we make poor people navigate to access health care.
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Breaking the cycle
For three decades, the city has failed to cope with the loss of mental health clinics. The pandemic revealed the wounds of this disinvestment.
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Reset your mind with cherry blossoms
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
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Keep on keepin’ on
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
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‘If they cannot hear you when you whisper, watch when you say a cuss word’
Black and trans activists build networks of support and mutual aid at Brave Space Alliance.
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Therapy patients go digital
COVID-19 is changing how we handle our mental health.
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G Herbo uses his own journey toward healing to help Black youth treat their trauma
Chicago rapper G Herbo wants to normalize therapy for people who’ve suffered like he has—and he’s giving away hundreds of sessions.
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Suicide inside a global pandemic
How is it possible to keep dark thoughts at bay when everyone is struggling to survive?