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“War Cry For Change”: Veterans Launch Campaign for Informed Consent and Safe Deprescribing at the VA

Mad in America

Derek Blumke At the 2023 Military Influencer conference in Las Vegas, whenever he spoke about his work, everyone kept saying “You have to talk to Will Wisner,” executive director of the Grunt Style Foundation , a nonprofit veteran organization dedicated to ensuring the mental health and wellness of military veterans. military veterans.

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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

Mad in America

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require warnings for persistent sexual dysfunction, for example, and today the agency is attempting to defend itself from a lawsuit by the consumer advocacy nonprofit Public Citizen, which claims that it failed to respond to a 2018 petition to do so.

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Usorum: A Peer Led Collective Wisdom Project

Mad in America

The way Usorum works is that we place forum on different nonprofit organizations sites, and then connect those sites and their people across the web to create a bigger conversation on lived experience. The secondary purpose of Usorum is to bring nonprofit organizations closer to their members. That is the founding principle of Usorum.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Leigh, Mother of Melissa

Mad in America

She experienced kindling and BIND (benzodiazepine-induced neurological dysfunction), a term that a nonprofit, the Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices [ABBP], introduced. That drastic reduction was not a taper, and [again], many doctors don’t know how to taper patients.

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EIN Presswire: Brooklyn Slime Partners with the Child Mind Institute

Child Mind Intitute

Brooklyn Slime, handcrafted in small batches by kidpreneur Alexa Dunsche, will donate 20% of all slime sales directly to the Child Mind Institute, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting children's mental health.

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The Child Mind Institute 2024 Child Advocacy Award Dinner Raises Nearly $7M to Support Families Facing Mental Health Challenges

Child Mind Intitute

About the Child Mind Institute We are the leading independent nonprofit in childrens mental health providing gold-standard, evidence-based care, delivering educational resources to millions of families each year, training educators in underserved communities, and developing open science initiatives and tomorrows breakthrough treatments.

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Sanctuary Centers Builds on Its Vision for Holistic Mental Health Services

Santa Barbara Sanctuary Centers

Given the serene landscape, it makes sense that Sanctuary Centers, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing mental illness, would situate itself here. College students, snowbirds, and locals all enjoy the vacation vibe of this city that feels like a town.