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In Plain Sight: A Focus On the Mental Health of Human Trafficking Survivors
It’s been estimated that are 27.6 million individuals trafficked worldwide at any given time regardless of age, background, or nationality (United States Department of State, 2023, p. 1). Such a statistic shifts focus to how traffickers will exploit one for their own...
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Happiness On Horseback, Simply Slowing Down
Whoa Nelly... slow down… Imagine yourself living on a horse ranch without any reception or...
Stepping up when it counts
This is part 3 of a series titled "Outside Looking In" Read part 1 here Read part 2 here Every...
Caregivers must arm themselves with knowledge
This is part two of a series titled “Outside Looking In“. Read Part One here. One of the biggest...
1: “I Can’t Put Myself In Her Place”
In 1988, my wife, Becky, was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Since 1994, when we got married,...
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When a Bad Day Gets a Little Longer
I am a high school student, and I am fully versed in the world of mental illness and suicide. So...
Cultural Perspectives on Mental Health Taboo
In September 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) [1] included Mental health in the UN...
Pill Shaming: What exactly is it?
Modern medicine has come a long way in the management of things like heart disease, cancer, and...
Guidelines for Self Love
Valentines day is a day OF love. “LOVE” is a phenomenon that has been the subject of controversy...
The Importance of Mental Health In Public Schools
It was a bright and wonderful day on July 1, 2018 when New York state decided to include mental...
Al-Anon: What Is It & Is It Right For You?
“We believe alcoholism is a family illness and that changes attitudes can in aid recovery”...
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Caregivers must arm themselves with knowledge
This is part two of a series titled “Outside Looking In“. Read Part One here. One of the biggest challenges in dealing with a family member who has a mental health diagnosis is that no one has all the answers. No one. Unlike a broken leg, which can be fixed by...
1: “I Can’t Put Myself In Her Place”
In 1988, my wife, Becky, was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Since 1994, when we got married, I’ve been her primary caregiver. Like many with Bipolar Disorder, she leads an ordinary life. She works. She’s given birth to, and helped raise, two children. She’s buried...
What It’s Like To Be a Senior High Schooler during Quarantine
COVID-19 has changed the world and the way we live in it. During this time of loss, change, and uncertainty of the future, everyone is experiencing a multitude of different mental health challenges, struggles, and responses. The experience of high schoolers in...
Why I’m Involved: An Interview with Crystal Lancaster
I am volunteering at Breaking Taboo because I am extremely passionate about the cause of mental health and working towards ending the suicide epidemic currently facing this country. I myself live with Bipolar 1 Disorder. I had my first mental breakdown when I was 16...