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Childhood OCD: 4 Things I Wish the Adults Around Me Knew

Lily Bailey on June 17, 2022

Personal Perspective: Growing up with OCD can be lonely and frightening, and it's all the more difficult when the adults around you don't know how best to support you.

Personal Perspective: Growing up with OCD can be lonely and frightening, and it's all the more difficult when the adults around you don't know how best to support you.

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Mental Health Nursing: When We Do Harm

Lily Bailey on February 24, 2021

What happens when empathy and collaboration get left behind? A mental health nurse talks openly about the use of power and the impact it can have.

What happens when empathy and collaboration get left behind? A mental health nurse talks openly about the use of power and the impact it can have.

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Challenging Racism in the Workplace

Lily Bailey on November 12, 2020

What is a microaggression? How can racism in the workplace be managed? Exploring the challenge of workplaces that discriminate.

What is a microaggression? How can racism in the workplace be managed? Exploring the challenge of workplaces that discriminate.

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Dear Therapist: Why I Don’t Want to Zoom

Lily Bailey on October 25, 2020

Kids at home? Feeling disconnected from your therapist? 10 clients share their reasons for declining to work remotely

Kids at home? Feeling disconnected from your therapist? 10 clients share their reasons for declining to work remotely

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Finding a Therapist as a Black Woman

Lily Bailey on October 21, 2020

It’s always hard to find the right therapist, but that process becomes even more difficult when factoring in cultural competence and shared experience.

It’s always hard to find the right therapist, but that process becomes even more difficult when factoring in cultural competence and shared experience.

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The Problem with World Mental Health Day

Lily Bailey on October 10, 2020

Days of mental health awareness often leave the chronically mentally ill feeling cold: It's frustrating to be told to 'just reach out.'

Days of mental health awareness often leave the chronically mentally ill feeling cold: It's frustrating to be told to 'just reach out.'

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A Significant Rise in Racism Toward Asian People During COVID

Lily Bailey on October 7, 2020

Anti-Asian discrimination and assaults have increased significantly during the pandemic, creating a form of socially mediated "'secondary contagion."

Anti-Asian discrimination and assaults have increased significantly during the pandemic, creating a form of socially mediated "'secondary contagion."

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8 Myths About OCD

Lily Bailey on September 10, 2020

"OCD isn't serious," "OCD can be useful," and other things people commonly misunderstand about obsessive compulsive disorder.

"OCD isn't serious," "OCD can be useful," and other things people commonly misunderstand about obsessive compulsive disorder.

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