#Trauma

NEW TOOLKIT: "I Am Trauma Aware"

NEW TOOLKIT: "I Am Trauma Aware" Social Media Campaign for Trauma Awareness Month in May To recognize that May is National Trauma...

Planting Seeds for Healing 8 Categories of Adversity (and Chronic Illness)

"There are empowering, encouraging things about understanding the role of adversity and trauma as risk factors for chronic illness. Among...

Secondary Trauma In The Time Of COVID-19

While everyone can burn out, not everyone can get secondary trauma. Secondary trauma is different from its exhausted cousin burn out. ...

Roadmap for Resilience: The California Surgeon General’s Report on Adverse Childhood Experiences

The Office of the California Surgeon General released its first report on addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic...

Systemic racism has affected all of us. Here’s how to start unlearning its harmful lessons.

We can’t undo 400 years of inequality overnight, a few weeks, a couple of months, or several years. But we have to start somewhere. And...

The Relentlessness of Black Grief

We are in the middle of a Black bereavement crisis, and we do not have the privilege or time to grieve. The only constant now is loss....

Nearly Three-Quarters of Youth Behind Bars Suffer from Mental Health Issues

Most kids entering juvenile detention have been disadvantaged by poverty and lack of resources, and more than 70% have mental health...

How Racism, Trauma And Mental Health Are Linked

Research shows African-Americans are less likely to access treatment for mental illness. Cultural norms and the stigma associated with...

Mental Health America's 2020 Annual Conference will be FREE!

In light of current events, MHA’s 2020 Conference: COVID-19, Mental Health and the Need for Equity, will take place as planned September...