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The Birth of The “Just Stop It” Movement: A Family’s Journey Through Mental Health Crisis

Mad in America

My oldest son, Joe, advocated for Will and c onnected with mental health advocates when Will went missing. Fountain House Clubhouse, a community-based mental health support program, played a crucial role in our journey. On ce a healthy young man preparing for college, he seemed to be escaping his own body.

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“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of Psychology

Mad in America

His work spans everything from the cultural history of mental illness to mindfulness, death anxiety, and resiliencenot the hollow kind that comes from pretending everythings fine, but the kind that comes from staring into the void and refusing to flinch. Hes a professor of psychology and the director of the Psy.D. He earned his Ph.D.