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Is There a Mental Health Misinformation Effect?
You Are What You Read (and Scroll) Like social media today, some mental health memoirs, while groundbreaking for their time, didn’t empower readers with…
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Can We Live With Less?
The origin story of Less and Less of More and More. Less and Less of More and More isn’t about having a certain amount, e.g., a capsule wardrobe, or…
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It's Okay Not to Have Friends
Really, it is
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On Not Keeping a Notebook (and “Pathological Decluttering”)
There are two types of people in this world: those who keep a notebook (or diary or journal) and those who don’t. Those who feel the need to record…
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How Can We Have a More Empathic View of Psychosis?
Answer: Learn from those who experience it. Schizophrenia and related disorders are the most stigmatized by the public, the media, and mental health…
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Is Every Post About Mental Health on Social Media Misleading and Damaging?
It’s fair to say that young people—whose brains haven’t fully formed—are most at risk of being misled on social media. Gen Z’s use TikTok the way the…
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What Do the Girl Scouts Have to Do With Our Mental Health?
Answer: Not much, but they have money and money has a lot to do with our mental health, the two are entwined on many levels. Then there’s the cyclical…
What’s Really Happening with the Mental Health Crisis Among Adolescents? Part 2
Even though mental health diagnoses can be useful, a teen can build their identity around their diagnosis, leading to a rejection of recovery and a…
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What’s Really Happening with the Mental Health Crisis Among Adolescents? Part 1
Answer: It’s troubling but perhaps not for the reasons you think... Teens are using Social media platforms like Tiktok to self-diagnose and talk about…
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Are Emotional Support Animals Legit?
Answer: In some ways.
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What’s the Most Important Thing You Can Do for Your Mental Health?
Answer: I’m not sure, but here’s what it was for me
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Sarah Fay
Dispatch: Are Cat Shows Cruel?
Answer: I didn’t think so.
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