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Bridging the Gap: Why Black Voices Must Shape Mental Health Research

NAMI

Drawing on our shared lived experiences to create groundbreaking research, she now plans to publish a book that empowers individuals to better understand themselves, realize theyre not alone, and equips families with the tools to advocate for their loved ones. Thats why NAMIs Community Health Equity Alliance (CHEA) is so critical.

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One Person’s Journey from Celebrity Medical Model Advocate to Skeptic: An Interview with Rose Cartwright

Mad in America

Pure portrayed Rose’s autobiographical account of finding that she had OCD, a “mental illness”, and the breakthrough that this medical framework provided her. In this brutally honest book and interview, Cartwright reflects on the importance of holding all our understandings around mental health and suffering, lightly.