Graduating in the Class of COVID-19
COVID-19 robbed Brandon of his senior year and his sense of community, forcing him down a difficult road of self-exploration.
Tag: mental health
Transformed by the Darkness: Protest, Pandemic and the Process of Self-Discovery
Despite bringing devastation to his city and family, the pandemic offered Guttman Community College student Brandon Rodriguez an opportunity to slow down and reorient his priorities.
The Transgender Community in the Time of COVID-19
The consequences of halting gender affirming surgeries could be deadly for a marginalized community that already faces high fatality rates from transphobic violence, substance abuse, and suicide tied to the mental health impacts of gender dysphoria.
Is White Supremacy a System of Corruption?
Before they even learn the details, adherents already know the outcome of real world events. The white guy will be the good guy, no matter what.
Taking Depression on, Digitally: An Interview with the DE-press-ON App’s Creator Colin Radcliffe
One rainy night in 2016, shortly after being diagnosed with clinical depression and anxiety, Colin Radcliffe walked onto a bridge intending toContinue Reading
The Olmstead Decision and Community Mental Health
Twenty-two years ago Atlanta Legal Aid sued the state of Georgia on behalf of two women with intellectual and mental health disabilities, setting into motion a process that resulted in one of the most important human rights mandates of the modern era of mental health treatment.
Inheriting Expulsions from the Insurance Industry
Any conversation about health care must begin with the collective acknowledgement of a simple fact: the selective incorporation of humans based on statistical predictions of vitality is the foundation upon which insurance companies assembled themselves.
Treating Mental Illness in Victorian Britain
In 1884, four years after his release from Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, and following the death of his sister, George Longmore re-admitted himself into the asylum.
The Activist History Review 