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  • 15 Principles for Compassionate Mental Health Crisis Response

  • A 10-Step Plan to Fix Our Mental Health System

  • How to Help People That Have Challenging Behaviors

  • How to Prevent Mental Health Relapses

  • How to Support Someone During a Psychiatric Hospitalization

  • My 24 Years in a Psychiatric Hospital (part 1: the early years)

  • My 24 Years in a Psychiatric Hospital (part 2: the Recovery Mall)

  • My 24 Years in a Psychiatric Hospital (part 3: a new beginning)

  • Negative Effects of Using the Term “The Mentally Ill”

  • Psychiatric Advance Directives: A “Living Will” for Mental Health Treatment

  • Responding with Compassion to a Mental Health Crisis

  • Thinking Outside the Box to Treat Serious Mental Illnesses

  • Why ‘Engagement’ is Better Than ‘Compliance’

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    • About
    • Stories of Hope
    • Serious Mental Illness
      • Advocacy
      • Blogging
      • COVID-19
      • Crisis Intervention
      • Diagnosis
      • Discrimination
      • Health Literacy
      • Hope
      • Kids and Youth
      • Mental Health
      • NAMI
      • Psychology
      • Recovery
      • Self-help
      • Serious Mental Illness
      • Social Media
      • Stigma Reduction
      • Stories of Hope
      • Substance Misuse
      • Suicide Prevention
      • Support
      • Therapy
      • Treatment
      • Wellness
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