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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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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.

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The Child Mind Institute Secures $4.25 Million Grant From the Morgan Stanley Foundation to Transform School Mental Health

Child Mind Intitute

In 2020, the Child Mind Institute joined the Morgan Stanley Alliance for Childrens Mental Health (the Alliance), which brings together leading nonprofits and supports transformative initiatives that strategically address the growing crisis in childrens mental health. To learn more about the Alliance, please visit [link].

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EIN Presswire: Brooklyn Slime Partners with the Child Mind Institute

Child Mind Intitute

Brooklyn Slime, handcrafted in small batches by kidpreneur Alexa Dunsche, will donate 20% of all slime sales directly to the Child Mind Institute, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting children's mental health.

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The Child Mind Institute 2024 Child Advocacy Award Dinner Raises Nearly $7M to Support Families Facing Mental Health Challenges

Child Mind Intitute

About the Child Mind Institute We are the leading independent nonprofit in childrens mental health providing gold-standard, evidence-based care, delivering educational resources to millions of families each year, training educators in underserved communities, and developing open science initiatives and tomorrows breakthrough treatments.

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Extending the Village: How Technology Is Reshaping Access to Youth Mental Health Support

Child Mind Intitute

” View the Full Series The Child Mind Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. If we can use technology to help young people access these same supports when they need them most, we have the power to change lives.” Donate and support work like the Technology and Youth Mental Health Series.