by guild | Jul 8, 2021 | BIPOC Mental Health, Education, Featured, Mental Heatlh, Research
BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) Mental Health Month was created to spread awareness of the mental health needs of communities of color and the inequality BIPOC people face in receiving mental health care. The idea for BIPOC Mental Health Month was first...
by guild | Jun 17, 2021 | Community, Education, Featured, Guild News, Uncategorized
Juneteenth commemorates the day federal troops arrived to free the last enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas. Though the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1st, 1863, all enslaved people were not freed until June 19th, 1865; around two and a half years...
by guild | Mar 4, 2021 | 101 Blogs, Education, Featured, Mental Heatlh
Anxiety is a mental illness that causes persistent and overwhelming worry in everyday life situations. Anxiety is more than feeling stressed. It’s a disorder that persistently impacts your daily functioning. Anxiety disorders cause feelings that are out of proportion...
by guild | Feb 11, 2021 | BIPOC Mental Health, Education, Featured, Research
This Black History Month, we’re highlighting Black psychologists who have made the field of psychology what it is today. 1. Francis Cecil Sumner is known as the “Father of Black Psychology.” In 1920, he became the first Black American to earn a Ph.D. in...
by guild | Feb 4, 2021 | 101 Blogs, Education, Featured, Mental Heatlh, Research
You may have heard the term “serious mental illness” before. But what is a serious mental illness? How is it different from other types of mental illness? What makes it serious? In this article, we break down what a serious mental illness is and what it means. A...
by guild | Dec 10, 2020 | Education, Featured, Healthcare, Research, Resources
In the era of COVID, we’re encountering a particularly large amount of health information every day. The World Health Organization, an agency within the United Nations that works to promote global health, calls the situation we’re experiencing now an “infodemic.” By...
