Therapeutic Writing: Using the Power of Storytelling to Practice Mindfulness, Heal, and Recover Our Dreams

July 2019 By Madeline Strong Diehl Editor’s note: Madeline Strong Diehl is an award-winning poet and playwright who lives in Ann Arbor with her husband. Her therapeutic writing programs are designed as peer-to-peer workshops, integrating her knowledge and skills from more than three decades as an essayist and professional magazine writer and editor, along withContinue reading Therapeutic Writing: Using the Power of Storytelling to Practice Mindfulness, Heal, and Recover Our Dreams

Free NAMI eBook Available Now

FEBRUARY 2019 Imagine this situation: A family member is suddenly experiencing a mental health crisis and you need to know how to help that person right away. NAMI has a Family-to-Family course but the next class is several weeks away. Where can you turn for the immediate assistance you need? A new program coming toContinue reading Free NAMI eBook Available Now

Is Romance in the Offing? NAMI Offers Advice

FEBRUARY 2019 Note: Our thanks to NAMI for allowing us to republish this article from the NAMI website: nami.org/find-support/living-with-a-mental-health-condition/romantic-relationships. When you’re living with a mental health condition, you may wonder whether or not to talk about it with your significant other. And if you’re single, you may wonder if having a mental health condition rulesContinue reading Is Romance in the Offing? NAMI Offers Advice

Research Spotlight: Treatments for Youth “at Risk” for Psychosis

June 2018 By Cynthia Z. Burton, Unger Research Fellow, University of Michigan In recent years, there has been a growing effort among mental health researchers and clinicians to recognize and even provide treatment for adolescents and young adults considered “at risk” for developing psychosis. But how are these youth identified? And what treatments are theyContinue reading Research Spotlight: Treatments for Youth “at Risk” for Psychosis