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Conveying Hope, Empowering Teens: An Interview With Jessica Schleider

Mad in America

J essica Schleider is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and founding director of the Lab for Scalable Mental Health ( www.schleiderlab.org ). She’s a leader in single-session interventions for youth mental health — an evidence-based approach that aims to provide help that’s accessible, doable, and affordable for populations around the world and is already available via open-access programs.

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Understanding and supporting people living with PTSD

Sane Blog

June 27 is PTSD Awareness Day, a day to acknowledge a condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a complex mental health condition that can develop after a person experiences or witnesses a traumatic event. Despite its prevalence, PTSD is often misunderstood, and many who suffer from it do so in silence.

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