SCOTUS Ruling Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Impact the Mental Health of Individuals Seeking Care and Health Care Workers
According to the National Library of Medicine, “Lack of choice is associated with higher levels of emotional stress, physical strain, and negative health impacts.” Our mission at Mental Health Connecticut (MHC) is centered […]
Flawed Ruling Jeopardizes Coverage for Millions of Connecticut Patients
MHC shared the following opinion editorial on June 23, 2022 In a moment where over 28% of Connecticut’s adults report symptoms of anxiety or depression —up from 19% just two […]
Meet Jacquilyn Davis
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Meet Jennifer Korwitz
#LetsFaceIt In fiction, families are often portrayed as the most supportive of a character in trouble. In real life, that is not always the case. It’s a behavior that Jennifer […]
Meet Quyên Trương
#LetsFaceIt Quyên Trương knows firsthand how a life of holding back, of keeping secrets, can take a toll on health, both physical and mental. She has also seen how a […]
Meet Sacha Armstrong-Crocket
#LetsFaceIt Sacha Armstrong-Crocket may be a real estate agent in her career, but her passion for housing goes far beyond buying and selling properties. She is also a community activist […]
Meet Kathy Flaherty
#LetsFaceIt Lawyer Kathy Flaherty knows stigma from both sides of the bench if you will. Not only has she made a career of helping people with disabilities overcome legal issues, […]
Meet Delmonti Porter
#LetsFaceIt “What always runs through my mind when we go places with participants is they’re stigmatized. They’re looked at side-eyed,” he says. “It runs through my mind that there but […]
Meet Amy Jaffe Barzach
#LetsFaceIt As a society, we intellectually understand loss that comes from death. What we are less adept at understanding and facing is loss in its many other forms. And that’s […]
Meet Jamie McDonald
#LetsFaceIt Restaurateur Jamie McDonald wants people to know that sometimes what you see on the outside is not at all what’s going on inside. The owner of the Bear’s Smokehouse […]
