On Our Own – How Family Conflict Leads To HomelessnessBy Brianna GrayBased on Research by the Trevors project 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health that 45% of LGBTQ youth of co...Read OnBrianna Gray 0 023Oct
“Caribbean Black”: A Wonderful and Moving Addition to “Discovering a Place for Us”By Kevin NaruseArtists Claire Jones, Kareena Rivera, Davy Andrek, and Amaranthia Sepia collaborated to create a spoken word poem perfor...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 026Sep
Discovering a Place for UsBy Kevin JokipiiDiscovering a Place for Us is a great collaboration that Painted Brain uses to give people a welcoming place to express...Read OnKevin Jokipii 0 028Aug
Unspoken Stigma Around Mental Health in My FamilyBy Desiree MejiaIt is difficult for me to think about what to write when it comes to the stigma around mental health and my family. Rare...Read OnDesiree Mejia 0 002Jul
Navigating Internalized Mental Health StigmaBy AnonymousMental health. It’s a term that can feel so foreign, and yet it affects our everyday lives. Our ability to get out of...Read OnAnonymous 0 011May
Black Lives and Minds MatterBy Kevin NaruseAuthor: Heidi Ellis, CEO/Founder of HME Consulting & Advocacy, SIOV Director of Partnerships and Development I dedic...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 002Apr
Stigmas Around Mental Health in a Jewish/Christian Scientist FamilyBy Katherine KornbergWhen I was a kid, I genuinely thought that my mom had a weekly appointment to shrink her head. She already has a very sm...Read OnKatherine Kornberg 0 026Mar
Silenced by the Stigmas of Mental HealthBy melissa-hernandezpaintedbrain-orgHiding from myself Growing up, when something was wrong, I felt it in every part of my body. At times it was overwhelmin...Read Onmelissa-hernandezpaintedbrain-org 0 026Feb
Feeling Lost: Finding My Way to Loving MyselfBy Socorro GarciaAnonymous Growing up in a Latino family, talking about our emotions was not something we did. I remember hearing my uncl...Read OnSocorro Garcia 0 004Dec
Black Lives and Minds MatterBy Savannah Thomas**I dedicate this article to my Grandmother Augustine Ellis, from Louisiana, who survived Jim Crow, and sacrificed to cr...Read OnSavannah Thomas 0 022Aug
Grief and HopeBy Lulu The Green FairyA sigh on the breeze, a delicate transience passing through, life is so fragile and precarious. How do we deal with grie...Read OnLulu The Green Fairy 0 026Jun
Chronic College: (Mis)managing a Chronic Disease in CollegeBy Amanda HayesTrust me. It’s chronic. And it’s not what you think it is. Different drugs, different highs, different lows....Read OnAmanda Hayes 0 026Jun
Anxiety Disorders and Art TherapyBy David IsraelianHere at Painted Brain, we use art therapy as a means of eliciting conversation with clients at both the community center...Read OnDavid Israelian 0 015Feb
Queer Men: A New Face to Body Dysmorphic DisorderBy Jordan LeeIt’s happened a thousand times: I’m walking down Santa Monica Boulevard running weekend errands with my husband in W...Read OnJordan Lee 0 007Feb
Survivor of Suicide LossBy Gladis RomeroI remember driving in his car and the song “Don’t You Worry Child” came on the radio. In the part where Swedish Ho...Read OnGladis Romero 0 016Nov
The Stigma of Co-Occurring DisordersBy David IsraelianBy Lori Bernstein There is a great deal of stigma attached to both mental illnesses and addictions. That is one reason I...Read OnDavid Israelian 0 030May
The BeginningBy Sevana BagramianAll my life I craved to be as beautiful as a flower. I wanted the ambience, the essence, and the admiration. In the spri...Read OnSevana Bagramian 0 004Mar
Using the Creative Arts in TherapyBy Miles GoldsteinAccording to one author, “art can be used to help clients communicate, overcome stress, and explore different aspects...Read OnMiles Goldstein 0 001Feb
Tackling Mental Health Stigma In The Korean CommunityBy Kachel Ranghere was a time in my life where I thought my life was worth nothing and that I was worth nothing, and it drives me to k...Read OnKachel Rang 0 030Jul
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