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05.10.2022
How I Learned to Stop Avoiding Life
This blog was originally posted on Ten Percent Happier on April 22, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission
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02.22.2024
Five Tips for DEI as a Graduate Student or Trainee with a Marginalized Identity
DEI can take up valuable time, as well as emotional and mental resources. This is particularly true for graduate students and trainees, who are simultaneously juggling research, clinical training, and personal transitions. Here are FIVE ways to ensure the important work you do, is also working for you.
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11.21.2023
We Can Be Thankful In Times of Anxiety, Uncertainty and Tragic News
Disastrous news gets delivered in a highly emotional way – often on purpose – and while having strong feelings for the victims of war, floods, earthquakes, mass shootings or horrific accidents is justified, we also have to be logical and in tune with our own emotional processes when interpreting the news.
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11.01.2023
BIPOC/Minority Mental Health Needs More Diverse Care Professionals - How ADAA is Helping to Create Equality
Almost 75 percent of mental health professionals in the US today are white. That leaves roughly 25 percent as non-white, whether they identify as Black, Indigenous, persons of color or some other race or ethnicity.
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10.30.2023
Tips for Protecting Yourself and Your Children from Disturbing Media Images
Limit the depth of exposure to details. People can consume news in limited ways. In other words, learn what’s happening, then stop there. Avoid the urge for disaster voyeurism. If you have heard the story, you might not need to search for the images or the videos; if you have seen them, there is no need to revisit them over and over.
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04.20.2023
Are the Kids Really Alright? Troubling Headlines, Teenage Girls, and Declining Mental Health
The headlines and the CDC report are indeed alarming, but they should serve as a wakeup call to all of us. Yes, we should think seriously about why we are seeing a steep decline in the mental health of teenage girls, but we have to come together now as parents, family, friends, educators, clinicians, providers, and as a society to support, enhance and establish more preventive measures for our youth.
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03.24.2023
The Black Church: Our Refuge, Our Mental Health
Working with Black churches to create a better today and a much better tomorrow in the field (literally) of mental health care for African Americans are three Black leaders in mental health who will present at the 2023 ADAA Conference. ADAA is excited to have Bernadine Waller, PhD, Atasha Jordan, MBA, MD and Kimberly Arnold, MPH, PhD discuss their work, research and findings in a presentation titled Implementing Evidence-Based Mental Health Interventions in Black Churches.
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07.06.2022
Importance of Self-Care to the Mental Health of BIPOC Communities
Communities of color often have cultures that are rooted in the importance of community and family. Therefore, people of color are used to taking care of others and can find it difficult to prioritize self-care. However, self-care can be a powerful mental health tool for fostering mental well-being.
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06.22.2022
Talking to Children and Teens After a School Shooting
If your child has seen coverage of such an event, make sure you talk with them about what they think about it and how they think it impacts their life and the world around them.
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04.21.2022
BIPOC Mental Health Trends and Disparities
Many members of BIPOC communities deal with stress and trauma that can stem from specific socioeconomic strug
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04.20.2022
Redefine and Unlearn: BIPOC Youth Destigmatize Mental Health in their Community
In a world that is constantly evolving, BIPOC youth are actively working to change the way their communi
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03.15.2022
Mind the Gap: Worsening Black Maternal Mental Health Outcomes During the Pandemic
Pregnancy and childbirth can be a joyous time in a woman’s life but can also be a challenging one. Besides the physical changes that occur during pregnancy and postpartum, about 20% of women may experience mental health challenges.
