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01.01.2025
The Impact of Post-Election Uncertainty on Women’s Mental Health
If you are a woman feeling anxious and angry in the aftermath of the election, you are not alone. In the days since November 5th, women have reported feeling anxiety, anger, sadness, and even hopelessness. Instead of engaging in actions based on fear, we can practice choosing behaviors that support your values.
Blog post
10.06.2022
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Men: What to Know and How it Differs
Body Dysmorphic Disorder is an unhealthy preoccupation with not just the look, shape, or feel of one’s body or a specific part, but the shame one experiences in the appearance of their body, or a certain aspect of it, really hits the mark. BDD is a chronic condition that can be debilitating and can disrupt various aspects of the person’s day-to-day life for years.
Personal Story
10.06.2022
Finding My Own Silver Linings Playbook Through Mental Health Advocacy
Bachelor Clayton Echard shares his experience with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), a mental health condition that involves obsessively focusing on a real or perceived flaw in one’s physical appearance to a point where it interferes with daily life. If you suffer from BDD, you can find information and resources at ADAA.
Webinar
08.06.2018
Fatherhood: Meeting the Challenge of Becoming a New Dad
While most mental health clinicians and organizations focus on the mother-child relationship, a wealth of research now shows that fathers can strongly impact – and be impacted by – their partners’ and babies’ well-being throughout the perinatal period.
Blog post
07.31.2023
Heat and Mental Health
As we are experiencing heat domes across the planet, there is emerging evidence from recent publications that heat, among effects on many other human activities, can also have profound effects on mental health. - Martin Paulus, PhD
Personal Story
11.14.2022
Taking Safety, Defense and Prevention from the Football Field to the Mental Health Field
In football, I play safety. It’s a position I have taken most of my professional life but also in my journey with mental health advocacy and calling for more awareness and equity, particularly in sports.
Blog post
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.
Blog post
03.12.2018
Intimate Partner Violence – What Is It and What Does It Look Like?
Intimate partner violence (IPV) takes place in all settings, in all socioeconomic, religious, ethnic, and cultural groups. The overwhelming global burden of IPV is endured by women, and the most common perpetrators of violence against women are male intimate partners or ex-partners.
Blog post
10.20.2020
Understanding Anxiety and Depression for LGBTQ People
Updated October 2020
Blog post
04.23.2018
To Be Female, Anxious and Black
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorder in the United States. Data show that for Black women, anxiety is more chronic and the symptoms more intense than their White counterparts. This description, however, only tells half the story.
Personal Story
02.27.2025
My Journey Through Depression, Stress, and Finding a Way Forward
Depression and anxiety have a way of creeping into even the most “successful” lives. I convinced myself that if I just worked harder, I’d finally feel whole. But no matter how much I accomplished, it was never enough. I reached a breaking point where I had to make a choice: keep pretending, or finally ask for help. The truth is, reaching out for help was the strongest thing I had ever done.
Personal Story
05.22.2025
I Made a Documentary About Grief, and It Helped Me Finally Face My Own
After years of outward success as a filmmaker, I found myself quietly unraveling—burned out, disconnected, and grieving parts of myself I had buried under achievement. A personal documentary on grief changed everything, teaching me that true healing begins not in pushing forward, but in pausing to feel.
