by | | Family Stories, Teen
Jessie, 18, has big goals. She’s spending her time working at a local gym, volunteering across her home state, and learning skills to become a mental health advocate. Jessie has support from her community and tight-knit family, which includes her mom Julie, sisters...
by | | Mental Health News, Tips for Caregivers
By Arielle Cohen, Families for Depression Awareness Programs Manager Have you or your loved one ever been unhappy with something your therapist did or said? Maybe the therapist made a joke that didn’t sit right, focused on an area you didn’t want to in that session,...
by | | Expert Interviews, Information for Family Caregivers
An interview with Kristin Beville, LICSW, MPH We asked Kristin Beville, Director of the McLean Hospital Department of Social Work, about the challenges that families and caregivers face when a loved one lives with hard-to-treat depression, how they can manage emotions...
by | | Expert Interviews, Information for Family Caregivers, Paying for Treatment, Tips for Caregivers
Picture this. Your loved one has experienced a mental health emergency. After a terrifying ride in the ambulance and subsequent hospital stay, your loved one comes home. A month or two later, the bills come and services that you thought were covered were not. If you...
by | | Expert Interviews, Paying for Treatment
An Interview with Dania Palanker, J.D., M.P.P. Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms We asked health insurance policy expert Dania Palanker, an Assistant Research Professor at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at the Georgetown University...
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