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A Young Immigrant Has Mental Illness, and That’s Raising His Risk of Deportation

José’s son was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder last year and has faced barriers to getting affordable treatment, in part because he doesn’t have legal status.

Bella Hadid Drugs & On Past Depression: “I Would Cry Every Single Morning”

“I feel guilty for being able to live this incredible life, have the opportunities that I do, but somehow still be depressed. It doesn’t make sense.”

From War Correspondent to Workplace Mental Health Advocate: An Interview with Dean Yates

People often think of PTSD as being something that affects the nervous system, the brain, the body. I think it also affects the soul.

Upon Release from Prison, a New Kind of Nightmare

After staring at a wall for almost half of my life, being able to look out the windows of the halfway house at the world but not being able to go out and experience it was maddening.

How Diet Culture Harms Women in Recovery

Overlooking the physical impact that substance use disorder has had on our bodies will exacerbate disordered eating and poor mental health. As many as 72% of women with alcohol use disorder also have an eating disorder.

The Opioid Crisis Is Our Greatest Opportunity

Overdose survivors need more than a second (or third) chance: they need a parachute. When you’re in free fall, a little more time isn’t much help.

Getting Better Meant Getting Bigger

It meant eating past the point of comfort. It meant not letting yourself feel that high, that addictive strength that filled your stomach when you kept it empty of everything else.