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From a Paranoid Schizophrenia Diagnosis to a Peer Researcher in Nigeria

Mad in America

I lived a normal life without any medication until mid-2020 when I had another episode and was taken to another hospital where I was admitted but ran away the next day to another town because I believed what I needed was prayer. My parents looked for me and found me but when they wanted to take me to the first hospital I refused.

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How COVID Shaped a Resilient Generation of Kids

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

shuttered in March 2020, Jamie Wyss, an elementary school counselor at the Virginia Beach City Public Schools system in Virginia, vividly remembers quickly assembling paper packets on social-emotional learning to hand out to parents. As COVID surged and schools across the U.S.

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Back-to-School Support & Teen Mental Health Treatment: Practical Tips for Parents

Clear Behavioral Health

For teens struggling with emotionally based school avoidance, high levels of stress, mental health problems, and depression related to going back to school, a teen intensive outpatient program (IOP) can offer collaborative, structured support that includes peer groups, skills groups, coordination with schools, and family participation.