Perspectives & Resources

Listed and linked below are some articles which offer insightful perspectives, opinions, and words from a variety of people, each with their own stories and lessons in regards to mental health.  Some are people we look up to, those we do not know, and everyday people. This shows how mental health affects everyone in a manner seen or unseen.

1. Let’s Call Mental Health Stigma What It Really Is: Discrimination

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mental-health-discrimination_us_57e55d07e4b0e28b2b53a896

If you look at the very bottom of this article, you can find quotes regarding mental health from 26 famous people that we look up to.

2. Social Media and Its Effects on Mental Health:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/02/28/social-media-one-reason-my-teen-patients-cutting-themselves-lawrence-diller-column/376741002/

3. The Stigma of Mental Illness Is Making Us Sicker:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brick-brick/201405/the-stigma-mental-illness-is-making-us-sicker

4. NBA’s Kevin Love- Everyone Is Going Through Something:

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/kevin-love-everyone-is-going-through-something/

5. NBA’s DeMar DeRozan Hopes Honest Talk on Depression Helps Others:

https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2018/02/25/raptors-derozan-hopes-honest-talk-on-depression-helps-others.html

6. Daughter Photographs Her Mother’s Life Journey with Mental Illness:

http://time.com/5128381/her-mothers-mind/

7. The Optimists Issue of Time Magazine:

http://time.com/tag/optimist/

Hope you enjoy these articles. Down the line, I will be posting another list of resources you can read.  Be on the lookout.

With love,

B