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Mental health organizations teach deputies best practices when interacting with people in crisis

Deputies will go through an hour long training to learn the best ways to respond to someone in a mental health crisis. COLUMBIA, S.C. —...

My Schizophrenia Checklist

Perhaps the most important milestone in my schizophrenia recovery — acceptance — happened after I was hospitalized and placed in...

How I Navigated Gender and Sexuality with Multiple Personalities

While dissociative identity disorder (DID) has become a topic of fascination in the media, I have not heard many stories about the...

Hygiene Indifference: The Symptom We Don’t Talk About

Most of us have heard the saying: “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” This old-fashioned mantra reinforces a long-held, misguided belief:...

Taking Time to Care – Hannah Anderson hired as mental health advocate at Bluffton PD

Law-enforcement officers potentially put their lives in jeopardy every time they make a call. Encounters with a person having a...