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Disparities in Mental Health Care: Which Populations Face the Biggest Challenges?

2023-07-25T22:32:29+00:00July 25th, 2023|blog, guest blog, guest post|

Disparities in Mental Health Care: Which Populations Face the Biggest Challenges? Mental health is just as important as physical health. Unfortunately, not everyone in the United States has access to the same level of care and the resources they need to treat any issues and maintain optimal mental health. Health disparities are a [...]

Building Stronger Communities: Collaborative Solutions for Rural Mental Health Care

2023-07-25T21:12:59+00:00July 25th, 2023|blog, guest blog, guest post|

Building Stronger Communities: Collaborative Solutions for Rural Mental Health Care For residents in rural communities, finding mental health resources and care options can be extremely difficult. Unfortunately, these barriers can contribute to feelings of isolation, loneliness, and anxiety, further exacerbating symptoms. Thankfully, there is a key solution that can help remedy the issue [...]

Tips for Staying Calm and Focused While Running a Business

2023-06-23T17:36:06+00:00June 23rd, 2023|blog, guest blog, guest post|

Tips for Staying Calm and Focused While Running a Business Owning your own business is an exciting way to make a living doing something that you legitimately care about. It can also be very stressful. Failure and success come down to your decisions. That’s a lot of weight to carry around with you. [...]

The Impact of Peer Support Groups in Alleviating Anxiety Among Public School Students

2023-06-23T17:14:51+00:00June 23rd, 2023|blog, guest blog, guest post|

The Impact of Peer Support Groups in Alleviating Anxiety Among Public School Students In 95% of schools, there will come a moment in the year when an alarm goes off, and children are asked to behave as though were an armed intruder. They barricade their classrooms. They hide. In some cases, a person [...]

Examining the Unrecognized Link Between Climate Change and Mental Health

2023-06-20T17:45:47+00:00June 20th, 2023|blog, guest blog, guest post|

Examining the Unrecognized Link Between Climate Change and Mental Health While many people are aware that climate change is having a damaging effect on our environment, fewer are aware of the mental health impacts it is having on society. In fact, the relationship between climate change and mental health is actually quite [...]

What Should I Wear To Support Mental Health?

2023-05-09T17:02:53+00:00May 9th, 2023|blog, shop|

What Should I Wear To Support Mental Health? Sometimes mental health advocacy can seem distant or unfeasible for the everyday person, but it can be as simple as what you choose to wear. 1. Define Normal - T-Shirt The Define Normal T-Shirt, for example, poses an ostensibly simple task [...]

What is it like to live with Schizophrenia? Q&A

2023-05-04T17:43:51+00:00May 4th, 2023|blog, Videos|

What is it like to live with Schizophrenia? Q&A What is it like to live with Schizophrenia? In this video, Michelle Hammer, who lives with schizophrenia answers your questions to common questions she gets about life with the disorder. How did she get schizophrenia? What it's like to have a schizophrenia episode. [...]

Breaking the Cycle of Stress: The Impact of Access to Everyday Necessities

2023-04-27T17:35:30+00:00April 27th, 2023|blog, guest blog, guest post|

Breaking the Cycle of Stress: The Impact of Access to Everyday Necessities Food insecurity is an existential problem in the United States. Millions of people live in the uncertainty that they might not have access to enough food, shelter, and clothing to keep themselves and their families safe. It’s a problem that has [...]

The Importance of Multicultural Competency in Psychology

2023-04-27T17:13:00+00:00April 27th, 2023|blog, guest blog, guest post|

The Importance of Multicultural Competency in Psychology For decades there have been many social barriers in place that kept people from receiving adequate psychological care. Serious conditions were addressed, while more common mental health concerns, stress, anxiety, and depression, were often left unexamined. The stigma around mental healthcare has largely abated. It is [...]

We Are Frauds (Talking About Imposter Syndrome)

2023-04-10T16:42:44+00:00April 10th, 2023|BSP, podcast|

We Are Frauds (Talking About Imposter Syndrome) from A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Podcast “Don't get mad at your friends when they don't tell you what you want to hear. Because what you need to hear is often more important than what you want to hear. ” – Gabe Howard Gabe spoke at Oxford [...]

Four Effective Tips That are Significant for Your Mental Health

2023-04-10T15:03:14+00:00April 10th, 2023|blog, guest blog, guest post|

Four Effective Tips That Are Significant for Your Mental Health Mental health needs the same care and attention as physical health. It includes psychological, emotional, and social wellbeing. Body and mind are connected so that they will be treated similarly. The improved state of mind determines how you handle stress, make individual choices [...]

Future Trends in Mental Health Care

2023-04-08T17:27:21+00:00April 8th, 2023|blog, guest blog, guest post|

Future Trends in Mental Health Care With each passing decade, more and more emphasis is being placed on addressing the mental health needs of the public and offering accessible treatments to a wide array of people. Today, thankfully, mental health has become a big priority in healthcare and more resources are being put [...]

Kracking Up | A Crazy Night of Mental Health Comedy by Schizophrenic.NYC

2023-04-05T19:01:26+00:00April 5th, 2023|blog, Michelle Hammer|

Kracking Up | A Crazy Night Of Mental Health Comedy Schizophrenic.NYC is putting on a Comedy show with Comedians living with SMI and bringing humor to a subject we don’t often laugh about.  A night of kracking jokes and destroying stigma while doing so. TIME: 9:30PM | DOORS OPEN AT 9PM [...]

Common Challenges for College Students with Psychiatric Disabilities

2023-04-05T18:32:15+00:00April 5th, 2023|blog, guest blog, guest post|

Common Challenges for College Students with Psychiatric Disabilities Not surprisingly, individuals with psychiatric disabilities experience challenges that others can’t always relate to or understand. And in some environments, those challenges can become particularly taxing. It’s important for those who don’t have personal experience with psychiatric conditions or disabilities to learn about the ways [...]

Ready, Set, Talk! A List of Topics Worth Discussing in Therapy

2023-03-03T18:58:17+00:00March 1st, 2023|blog|

Ready, Set, Talk! A List of Topics Worth Discussing in Therapy Therapy has been proven to be a powerful tool for personal growth and development. It allows you to explore yourself in greater depth and uncover new aspects of your personality, which can help you understand who you are and why you do what [...]

Creating the Ideal Learning Environment for a Number of Mental Health Conditions

2023-02-26T19:23:24+00:00February 26th, 2023|blog, guest blog, guest post|

Creating the Ideal Learning Environment for a Number of Mental Health Conditions Mental health conditions do not define someone’s ability to learn, but they can make it more challenging for students to thrive in a traditional learning environment. To ensure that students of all ages have access to the resources they need to succeed, [...]

Dealing with Abuse and Schizophrenia – How A Social Worker Can Help

2023-02-25T14:11:55+00:00February 6th, 2023|blog, guest blog, guest post|

Dealing with Abuse and Schizophrenia - How A Social Worker Can Help Mental illness and physical abuse are challenges that can’t be handled solely on the home front. Professional intervention is required to produce a safe, lasting solution. Unfortunately, the very natures of abuse and mental illness make it hard to seek the [...]

Schizophrenia: Three Moms in the Trenches

2023-02-25T14:13:01+00:00January 26th, 2023|blog, podcast|

Schizophrenia: Three Moms in the Trenches Schizophrenic NYC: Define Normal, Defy Stigma and Homelessness (ep 59) Episode Description Guest: Michelle Hammer Michelle Hammer is a Schizophrenia Activist and spends her time passionately fighting stigma. Michelle was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 22 after a misdiagnosis of bipolar at age 18. At 27, Michelle [...]

What Role Can the Government Play in Helping the Homeless Who Struggle with Mental Health Issues?

2023-01-16T17:37:18+00:00January 16th, 2023|blog, guest blog, guest post|

What Role Can the Government Play in Helping the Homeless Who Struggle with Mental Health Issues? Even though public awareness about mental health and mental illnesses has grown substantially over the past 5-10 years, instances of mental health problems still run rampant through many parts of our society. One vulnerable group that is [...]

Nurses Have Mental Stress Too & Challenges That Come with It

2023-02-25T14:17:40+00:00December 25th, 2022|blog, guest blog, guest post|

Nurses Have Mental Stress Too & Challenges That Come with It Becoming a nurse takes a lot of hard work and dedication. People only choose this career path if they want to make a difference in the lives of people who are trying to recover from injuries or illnesses. Because of this, compassion [...]

Jokes About Schizophrenia

2023-02-25T14:20:33+00:00December 15th, 2022|blog, Videos|

Jokes About Schizophrenia This past September I attended the HealtheVoices 2022 Conference.  It was an absolute blast! I met people from all over the country advocating for their illnesses. I met and hung out with Schizophrenia advocates like TikToker Kody Green and YouTuber/Podcaster Rachel Star Live. I also got to hang out [...]

How to Take Control of Stress & Anxiety After a Bad Financial Situation

2023-02-25T14:29:50+00:00December 15th, 2022|blog, guest blog, guest post|

How to Take Control of Stress & Anxiety After a Bad Financial Situation For many, money can be a source of consistent stress and anxiety. On top of this, when one finds themself in a particularly devastating financial setback, stress and anxiety can become completely overwhelming. Thankfully, those out there who find [...]

5 Easy-To-Adopt Ways To Improve Your Mental Health

2023-02-25T14:37:02+00:00December 8th, 2022|blog, guest blog, guest post|

5 Easy-To-Adopt Ways To Improve Your Mental Health Guest Blog by Jenny Fries Your mental health encompasses both your psychological and your social wellness. Your emotional well-being, including the ability to describe and regulate your feelings, is also a substantial part of this package. And, while there are several factors that contribute to [...]

Mental Health Gift Guide 2022

2023-02-25T14:40:00+00:00November 24th, 2022|blog, holiday, Uncategorized|

Mental Health Gift Guide 2022 With the Holiday Season upon us, Schizophrenic.NYC brings you our annual Mental Health Gift Guide for the 2022 season. USE CODE “HOLIDAY22” FOR A DISCOUNT ON YOUR FAVORITE MENTAL HEALTH MERCH 1. Define Normal Mental Health T-Shirt “Define Normal” – it [...]

SHOUTOUT LA Features Schizophrenic.NYC

2022-11-21T19:43:51+00:00November 21st, 2022|blog, Featured|

SHOUTOUT LA Features Schizophrenic.NYC Meet Michelle Hammer | Creator of Schizophrenic.NYC Mental Health Clothing and Lifestyle Brand We had the good fortune of connecting with Michelle Hammer and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Michelle, how does your business help the community? Mental Health is something people often stigmatize. When a person gets [...]

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