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Past Lessons, Future Insights Young Leaders Council Annual Report

Mental Health America (MHA)

These conversations offer insights into how past experiences of collective trauma and resilience can inform todays youth mental health advocacy, calling for both systemic action and intergenerational collaboration to support young people's mental well-being.

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Bridging the Gap: Why Black Voices Must Shape Mental Health Research

NAMI

ii By 2024, the gap in understanding remained, with research revealing that Black adults, particularly Black women, are diagnosed with ADHD much less frequently than their White counterparts, despite similar symptoms and struggles. Thats why NAMIs Community Health Equity Alliance (CHEA) is so critical.

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The Birth of The “Just Stop It” Movement: A Family’s Journey Through Mental Health Crisis

Mad in America

During a severe break on March 13, 2024, which led to the longest hospital stay he ever had, a supportive social worker from Lincoln Hospital intervened on his behalf with steps towards helping Will become whole again. The effects of all these drugs varied each time he took them, often worsening his state of mind.

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People Need Help, Not Handcuffs: Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System

NAMI

We also work with communities to invest in diversion strategies, like mental health courts and alternatives to incarceration, that give judges and prosecutors the tools they need to divert people who come into their court room but would benefit from treatment, not punishment.

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The Fight Against Involuntary Commitment: Are Protection and Advisory Councils Fulfilling Their Mission?

Mad in America

In her mid-twenties, KK learned that her life-changing release from that hospital had come about, at least in part, due to a Protection & Advocacy organization that had sent in peers to talk with patients at the institution and reported on abuses there. Yet she had no idea what a P&A was.