Mental Health
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"Just because no one else can heal or do your inner work for you doesn’t mean you can, should, or need to do it alone."

— Lisa Olivera

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"There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t."

— John Green

Lori Deschene

"You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared and anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a negative person. It makes you human."

— Lori Deschene

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"Your mental health is everything – prioritize it. Make the time like your life depends on it, because it does."

— Mel Robbins

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."

— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Mental Health News

Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them

By Tony Leys May 8, 2025 7:00 AM ET SPENCER, Iowa — This town’s hospital is a holdout on behalf of people going through mental health crises. The facility’s leaders have pledged not to shutter their inpatient psychiatric unit, as dozens of other U.S. hospitals have. Keeping that promise could soon get tougher if Congress slashes…
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Trump cuts off most help for immigrants with mental illness or cognitive disabilities

The administration ended a legal program in all but three states for immigrants deemed mentally incompetent. Attorneys says they could be deported to persecution, torture and death. By Suzanne Gamboa May 6, 2025, 11:37 AM CDT The Trump administration has pulled the plug on a program that provides legal help to immigrants who are determined mentally…
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Trump’s policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources say

March 12, 2025 5:00 AM ET By Katia Riddle In the wake of federal firings and executive orders, providers and patients at the Department of Veterans Affairs say mental health and mental health care are suffering. They fear this struggle will get worse as the VA carries through with 80,000 promised job cuts. The agency is one of the…
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Mental health disparities seen among sexual, gender minority populations

by Lori Solomon Feb 4, 2025 There are significant mental health disparities between sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations and cisgender heterosexual populations (non-SGM), according to a study published online Jan. 29 in JAMA Network Open. Junjie Anderson Lu, M.D., from Stanford University in California, and colleagues explored mental health disparities between SGM and non-SGM populations…
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You might think you know what it takes to lead a happier life… more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations. You’re dead wrong. Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos has studied the science of happiness and found that many of us do the exact opposite of what will truly make our lives better. Based on the psychology course she teaches at Yale -- the most popular class in the university’s 300-year history -- Laurie will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will change the way you think about happiness.

Where to Listen: Apple Podcasts

Paul Gilmartin hosts a weekly, hour-long audio podcast consisting of interviews with artists, friends and the occasional doctor. The show is geared towards anyone interested in or affected by depression, addiction and other mental challenges which are so prevalent in the creative arts. Paul’s hope is that the show and this website will give people a place to connect, smile and feel the return of hope. The biggest myth about mental illness is that you are alone and there is no help. Help starts with talking to someone who knows exactly how you feel. 

Where to Listen: Apple Podcasts

Mysteries of Mental Illness explores the story of mental illness in science and society. The four-part series traces the evolution of this complex topic from its earliest days to present times. It explores dramatic attempts across generations to unravel the mysteries of mental illness and gives voice to contemporary Americans across a spectrum of experiences.

Where to Listen: pbs.org

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Rx Racial Healing Circle Registration

Thank you very much for your interest in the Bishop Arts Theatre Center’s Rx Racial Healing Circle™ offering to eradicate the fallacy of racial human hierarchy. We look forward to seeing you on Monday, April 29th, 6:00 – 8:30 pm. Please complete the following information to register for the offering.

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For Oak Cliff Food Distribution- indoors

Oak Cliff exists in a food desert and our community faces extreme disparities in health outcomes. We need volunteers weekly to support food justice initiatives.

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For Oak Cliff Food Distribution- indoors

Oak Cliff exists in a food desert and our community faces extreme disparities in health outcomes. We need volunteers weekly to support food justice initiatives.

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Soldiers’ Angels Dallas Military & Veteran Food Distribution

Soldiers’ Angels Hunger Relief Program is proud to be hosting a Food Distribution to supply low-income veteran families with food assistance. Soldiers’ Angels provides an easy, no-cost way for Dallas Service Members and Veterans in need to receive food assistance. Volunteers pack bags of groceries and load them into cars, pushcarts, or backpacks of registered…

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Walk for HOPE

Come join us for the 18th annual Walk for HOPE on Sunday May 19, 2024! There will be multiple local 5K Walks around Massachusetts! Since our first Walk we have raised close to $1,000,000 in support of food insecurity. We will be donating funds to nine pantries in the Greater Boston area and HOPE worldwide.

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The Texas Black Womxn Reproductive Justice Summit

An immersive summit experience centered in celebrating radical self-care, offering Black womxn a space that radiates authenticity, self-love, and community care. Created in direct response to the lack of press coverage, effective policy strategies, and advocacy initiatives designed for Black womxn’s reproductive health in Texas, this summit convenes Black womxn to lead conversations on critical…

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Earth Day Clean Up 2024

Join Scottsdale Fashion Square, as we team up with Scottsdale Police Department, for an Earth Day clean up of Old Town Scottsdale! Let’s come together to make a positive impact on our environment by beautifying our local community around the center and surrounding areas! Meet at Capital One Cafe at 7am – we will provide…

Race to Cure Sarcoma

The Race to Cure Sarcoma (RTCS) brings together hundreds of members of the community who have been impacted by this disease. Each year, the Sarcoma Foundation of America raises awareness and funds for much-needed research, through RTCS events across the country.

The Boston Dyke March

Since 1995, the Boston Dyke March has remained committed to offering a non-commercial, intersectional, and fundamentally grassroots alternative to Boston’s Pride celebration. We strive to elevate voices marginalized in society and even within the lgbtq+ community.

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Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk

Every year suicide claims more lives than war, murder, and natural disasters combined, and yet suicide prevention doesn’t get anywhere near the funding given to other leading causes of death. It’s up to Walkers like us to make a difference. Together we can change the conversation about mental health and put a stop to this…

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