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This Harlem pastor fights mental health stigma — and shares his own struggles

NPR - Mental Health

First Corinthian Baptist Church founded a separate nonprofit that employs therapists to bring mental health care to a community where stigma remains a high barrier to healing. Image credit: Jos A. Alvarado Jr.

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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

Mad in America

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require warnings for persistent sexual dysfunction, for example, and today the agency is attempting to defend itself from a lawsuit by the consumer advocacy nonprofit Public Citizen, which claims that it failed to respond to a 2018 petition to do so.

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Over a Dozen APS Fellows Elected to Two Prestigious Scientific Organizations in 2025

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

President Abraham Lincoln, the National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution charged with providing independent, objective advice to the nation on matters related to science and technology. Seidenberg , APS Fellow and Charter Member, University of Wisconsin-Madison Established under a congressional charter signed by U.S.

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Helping Clinicians and Patients Overcome Insurance Barriers to Mental Health Care

Psychiatric Times

A nonprofit aims to support clinicians and patients with insurance coverage for evidence-based medicine.

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California Students Recognized for Designing Digital Interventions in Support of Teen Mental Health and Wellness  

Child Mind Intitute

Weve become the leading independent nonprofit in childrens mental health by providing gold-standard evidence-based care, delivering educational resources to millions of families each year, training educators in underserved communities, and developing tomorrows breakthrough treatments.

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Should My Teen Take Time Off After Graduation?

ADDitude

Gap Year Decisions: Next Steps: Read: Gap Year Programs for ADHD Students Watch: Gap Year Pros and Cons for Neurodivergent Students Read: The 4-Year College Track is Not Right for Everyone Carolyn Jeppsen is CEO and co-founder of BroadFutures, a nonprofit created to fund internships for neurodivergent youth.

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Usorum: A Peer Led Collective Wisdom Project

Mad in America

The way Usorum works is that we place forum on different nonprofit organizations sites, and then connect those sites and their people across the web to create a bigger conversation on lived experience. The secondary purpose of Usorum is to bring nonprofit organizations closer to their members. That is the founding principle of Usorum.