Mental health. It’s a term that can feel so foreign, and yet it affects our everyday lives. Our ability to get out of bed. Our relationships. Our hopes and expectations about today, tomorrow, the next day. The problem of stigma It can be difficult to reflect on our...
According to Mental Health America, 1.2 million individuals living with mental illness sit in jail and prison every year. Serious mental illness has become so prevalent in U.S. jails and prisons that they are commonly referred to as “the new asylums.” Right here in...
After ten long months and counting of living through a pandemic, the recent approval of multiple vaccinations against the COVID-19 virus is offering us a small glimmer of hope at the end of this long, dark road. While we have good reason to be excited about this...
Ecotherapy is a therapeutic style based on the idea that interacting with the environment impacts one’s mental health. Research on ecotherapy suggests a variety of forms of interaction with nature can improve a person’s well-being, from simply viewing pictures of...
According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all people have the same fundamental human rights. To name just a few, these rights include the right to life and liberty, the right to education, the right to employment, the right to community, and the right to...