Mental Health and Meditation: Tips and Techniques For BeginnersBy Yvonne LeAnother tip that can help guide your meditation practice is by focusing on relaxing one part of your body at your time....Read OnYvonne Le 0 006Nov
Mental Health Population – Connection to Community Helps With RehabilitationBy Tequila MockingbirdFor individuals living with mental health challenges, societal barriers contribute to the vicious cycle of stigma. Stigm...Read OnTequila Mockingbird 0 009Oct
PB Comedy Remedy Press ReleaseBy Yvonne LeWhile most people stray from the topic of mental health, Painted Brain prioritizes the discussion of it by using comical...Read OnYvonne Le 0 008Oct
Comedy Remedy Opens Discussions On SuicideBy Dave LeonCounter-intuitive though it may seem, comedy and humor are often one of the best ways to address and deal with difficult...Read OnDave Leon 0 024Sep
A Comprehensive Mental Health Recovery Must Remedy IsolationBy Tequila MockingbirdOver a prolonged period of time, isolation can also cause pathological changes in the brain, leading to sleep disturbanc...Read OnTequila Mockingbird 0 020Sep
A Story That Rippled MuseBy Thomas KerkorianBefore it had a name, it was a community of artists, activists, and survivors of mental health challenges. In June of 20...Read OnThomas Kerkorian 0 020Aug
Rethinking Core Assumptions on Mental Health CareBy Kevin NaruseBeing human, psychiatrists and clinical psychologists are vulnerable to making biased judgments like anyone else...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 006Aug
Towards A More Complete Approach To Mental Health CareBy Kevin NaruseIsolation is the most pressing issue in young adults’ mental health....Read OnKevin Naruse 0 027Jul
Occupational Therapy Can Support Treatments by Other Mental Health ProvidersBy Sharon VincuillaHumans have evolved over time to automatically react, at a neurological level, to environmental sensory stimulation. Inc...Read OnSharon Vincuilla 0 026Jul
Social Workers In Rising Demand To Address Workplace Mental HealthBy Kevin NaruseIn June, Fast Company published an interesting article on the future of work, in which Jake Bullinger argued for the imp...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 021Jul
Urban Gardening: A Community-Based Approach to Improving Mental HealthBy Sharon Vincuilla When seeking to creatively foster positive change in the mental health of individuals, a community-based approac...Read OnSharon Vincuilla 0 014Jul
Community Arts InterventionBy Dave LeonCommunity Arts Intervention – What Is It? Just because people live in the same place does not mean they live toget...Read OnDave Leon 0 030Jun
Volition: Occupational Therapy’s Unique Understanding of the Human Motivation for ActionBy Sharon Vincuilla Occupational therapy as a health profession is concerned with the ability of individuals to optimally perform ac...Read OnSharon Vincuilla 0 008Jun
Tech Training For Mental HealthBy David IsraelianMISSION: We envision the Los Angeles treatment centers for mental health and substance abuse, to incentivize recovery fo...Read OnDavid Israelian 0 005Jun
Why I Created The Art CartBy Angela TuckermanI have a distinct memory of driving through skid row when I was 16 and seeing all sorts of people living on the streets....Read OnAngela Tuckerman 0 003Jun
Stewart Lupton – An Incredible Man, Poet, Musician, and Contributor!By Dave LeonStewart Lupton was a prototypical poet laureate. He wore corduroy smoking jackets with leather elbow pads and spoke in t...Read OnDave Leon 0 030May
Art Cart ExpansionBy Taylor Nicole KayWho, What, When, Why Art Cart pilot description We at Painted Brain believe in reaching out to the community. The...Read OnTaylor Nicole Kay 0 025May
Grief and Loss By Suicide Part 2By Delmar DeversWhen discussing interventions for suicide survivors, the term “postvention” comes up in literature....Read OnDelmar Devers 0 025May
Painted Brain – A Safe Haven For WomenBy David IsraelianIn our society, female-dominated spaces are far and few between. The mission of women’s day is to create a safe space...Read OnDavid Israelian 0 021May
Mental Health Issues Hurt the Scientific CommunityBy Susanna Harris 47 percent of doctoral students and 37 percent of master’s students surveyed met the clinical criteria for depre...Read OnSusanna Harris 0 021May
More Than 13 Reasons Why We Need To Talk About SuicideBy Allison Peters and Angela TuckermanI read the book 13 Reasons Why when I was deeply overwhelmed and suicidal. I had my pills ready to go because other self...Read OnAllison Peters and Angela Tuckerman 0 018May
Can you do the Splits?By Lulu The Green FairyOften amongst people who have little or no knowledge about the specifics of mental health issues, there is a common misc...Read OnLulu The Green Fairy 0 018May
These Home Habits Helped Me Manage Severe Depression SymptomsBy Kevin NaruseIt feels almost aimless to pull out self-care exercises when you literally do not have the motivation or energy to get m...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 011May
Pathway To Employment Is Important for Mental HealthBy Kevin Naruse According to the US National Library of Medicine, the importance of employment is that it delivers financial s...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 001May
Jail Diversion for Mental Illness As A Life ChangerBy David IsraelianI am a person with schizophrenia. I spent seven months in LA County Jail and four years at Patton State Hospital. Like m...Read OnDavid Israelian 0 029Apr
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