Prism Health North Texas is encouraging North Texans to prioritize behavioral health and break the stigma surrounding therapy, counseling, and emotional support, offering culturally aware mental health services to meet patients where they are.
Category: Mental Health
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Racial Healing Finds New Voice in Community Poets
Poets across the country are using their art form to promote racial healing, creating spaces for reflection, storytelling, and collective understanding through community programs, workshops, and open mics.
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Racial Healing Starts With Honest Conversations
Mental health professionals and educators emphasize the importance of early family conversations about race to help young people affirm their identities and prepare for potential racial trauma.
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Stressed Out? Here’s What Helps
Chronic stress can lead to poor sleep, unhealthy eating, and habits like smoking and alcohol abuse, which can raise the risk for high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke, but practicing positive self-talk, gratitude, and joyful moments can help reduce stress and protect the heart.
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Prioritizing Self-Care: A Guide for Black Women to Enhance Well-Being
Black women can practice self-love and boost self-esteem by embracing their natural beauty, setting healthy boundaries, cultivating a supportive community, investing in personal growth, and engaging in self-care practices.
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State Psychiatric Hospitals Face Crisis in Treating Mentally Ill Patients
The mental health system in the US is failing to provide adequate care for those with severe mental illness, resulting in increased criminalization and long wait times for beds in state psychiatric hospitals.
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Why Rest Is Political for Black Women During the Holidays
Black women leaders are prioritizing rest as a form of resistance to the pressures of capitalism and white supremacy, and are encouraging others to do the same during the holidays.
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Blueprint for Change: Saving Trans Lives Beyond a Day of Mourning
The Transgender Day of Remembrance should be a call to action, not just a moment of mourning, and communities should take practical steps to protect Black trans lives and create a Blueprint for Change.
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Rapper Gucci Mane Sheds Light on Mental Health Issues in Black Community
Gucci Mane is using his platform to raise awareness of the importance of mental health, and is talking openly about his own struggles with mental illness, substance abuse disorder, and his long path to wellness.
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The Autumn Reset: #TheGreatLockIn
The #GreatLockIn trend encourages people to set goals and take small daily actions to reset in four key areas – Physical, Mental, Spiritual, and Financial – to finish the year with clarity, strength, and peace.
