Meet Melissa Geathers
#LetsFaceIt Sometimes what you see is really only part of what’s actually there. It’s a message that Melissa Geathers, mother to a 12-year-old son who lives with bipolar disease, wishes […]
Meet Amanda Brenner
#LetsFaceIt A recent graduate focusing on policy practice with a special interest in mental health policy, Brenner, 27, has lived experience and knows firsthand how internalized shame and self-stigma can […]
Hate is A Crime, Not A Mental Health Condition
According to the FBI as reported on by the NY Times, “About 64.9 percent of the 8,052 reported hate crime incidents [in 2020] were based on race, ethnicity or ancestry […]
Meet Jim Carlon
#LetsFaceIt Stamford attorney Jim Carlon seemed to have it all—family, successful legal career in both private practice and as a lawyer and an officer in the United States Army Reserve. […]
Meet Doris Maldonado Mendez
#LetsFaceIt If there is such a thing as a full time advocate, Doris Maldonado Mendez is it. A foster mother who is also a bilingual health information specialist for families […]
Meet Ryan Lindsay
#LetsFaceIt Have You forgotten my name? O Lord, come to Your child. O Lord, forget me not. You said to lean on Your arm And I’m leaning You said to […]
Meet Jeff Bravin
#LetsFaceIt Imagine you’ve been in a car accident. You’re hurt and are understandably confused and dazed by what just happened in addition to being in pain and scared. Now imagine […]
CT Attorney General William Tong Joins Rhode Island Attorney General in Court Battle to Protect Landmark Ruling in Behavioral Health Parity
Mental Health Connecticut (MHC) applauds Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha for their action today in filing an amicus brief to reverse an overturned […]
Meet Susan Buchsbaum
#LetsFaceIt Susan Buchsbaum started her role as a mental health advocate after something she saw while in the hospital herself. “It was early in my illness and I saw something […]
Meet Kelvin B. Young
#LetsFaceIt Kelvin B. Young wants people to know that they are more than the label some may use to describe them, that labels are only as stigmatizing as we allow […]
