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Explaining Mental Illness to Children
How comfortable are you with discussing mental illness? Do you think your comfort with talking about mental health disorders would be higher if a trusted adult had provided you with
- by Jackie Hammers-Crowell
People who struggle with mental illness are at greater risk for homelessness than the general population. Once they become unhoused, it’s even more difficult for a person with a mental...
- by Jackie Hammers-Crowell
It is not uncommon for people who are struggling with their mental health to engage in intentional acts of self-harm. At Carolina Dunes Behavioral Health in Leland, North Carolina, we...
- by Jackie Hammers-Crowell
When people hear that substance use disorders and mental health conditions frequently show up together, they may assume that people who use substances are causing themselves to become mentally ill....
- by Jackie Hammers-Crowell
Despite the large number of people who experience mental illness, not just in our country, but around the world, there is still a lot of misinformation and stigma around the...
