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Hiding In Plain Sight: A Judge’s View On Youth Mental Health & The Justice System
“Everybody [has] a story. I love being a judge because I get to find out the stories. The other benefit is I get to work at the intersection of practice and policy. Practice needs to inform policy. You must understand how the policy is going to affect …
Hiding In Plain Sight: Finding Healing For Mental Illness
According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI), 21% of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2020, which represents 1 in 5 adults. 75% of all mental health issues occur before the age of 24. Most of us know more people who battle menta…
Hiding In Plain Sight: Mom & Daughter Talk Mental Health
Talking to others about your mental health isn’t an easy feat, especially if that person is your parent. Zion Williams, a high school student and Season 1 host of PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ On Our Minds, and her mother, Gwen Littles-Williams,…
Hiding In Plain Sight: Autism, Hope & Resilience
What is autism? Autism is a disorder characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech, and often non-verbal communication. Autism occurs on a spectrum thus it has a variety of presentations.
Hiding In Plain Sight: Living A Full & Productive Life With Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia affects 20 million people worldwide and is often diagnosed in young people during their late teens to early 30s, with symptoms commonly presenting earlier in males than in females, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Hiding In Plain Sight: Communication Can Save A Kid’s Life
In April 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, just four days before his 13th birthday, Hayden Hunstable took his life. Since then, his parents have poured their hearts into raising awareness to increase communication among families …
Hiding In Plain Sight: Treating The Mentally Ill Instead Of Punishing Them
In 2020, the foundation helped fund filmmakers Charlie Sadoff and Gabe London which allowed them to produce the PBS documentary, Definition of Insanity , about the decriminalization of mental health and a pioneering program for treating the mentally il…
Hiding in Plain Sight: Assumptions That Affect the Mental Health & Wellbeing of Others
The Oxford Dictionary defines an “assumption” as something that is accepted as true or certain to happen, without proof.
