“Carol” has lived with schizoaffective disorder for most of her adult life, and although she has maintained independent living with in-home supports for much of that time, she has few connections with family or friends, and she typically presents in public with rambling, tangential speech...
Vail Place members and staff will be at the Minnesota State Fair this year for Mental Health Awareness Day. There will be speakers, entertainment and 34 exhibitors focusing not just on mental illness, but also mental wellness. WHERE: Dan Patch Park at the Minnesota State Fair WHEN:...
Vail Place and the Hennepin County Adult Mental Health Local Advisory Council are teaming up to end mental illness stigma through the Our Hopes campaign. We welcome you to join us in our goals of: Increasing awareness of the prevalence of mental illness Clearing up misconceptions regarding...
Give to the Max Day 2016 is Thursday, November 17th . This is a fantastic annual opportunity to support a charity in your community that makes a real impact. Please consider donating to Vail Place to help us with our mission of long-term recovery, support and community integration...
The Washington Post recently ran an excellent piece about how those with mental illness are speaking out against stigma. Adults with mental illness are choosing more and more to "out" themselves, revealing their real identities online and speaking boldly and authentically about their experiences. The...
In the coming weeks, Minnesota legislators will be making key decisions that will impact community mental health services in our state. Improving access to daily, coordinated care in the community is vital to the quality of life for people with serious mental illnesses. Please urge your legislators...
On Thursday, February 4 at 6:00 PM the Basilica Mental Health Film Festival will screen its featured documentary Brushes With Life: Art, Artists and Mental Illness. Following the film, filmmakers and mental health experts will hold a discussion. The film’s director, Philip Brubaker, and producer, Deirdre Haj, will lead the discussion,...
Words can have a surprising effect, and according to a recent Ohio State study, they should be chosen carefully when it comes to people with mental illness. The researchers found that when it comes to how others view people with mental illness, the term "the...
In an exclusive interview with ITV News, Britain's Prince Harry said more needs to be done to fight the stigma surrounding mental illness. As he readied to join injured veterans on a 1,000 mile walk across the country to raise awareness, Prince Harry advocated for more...
Google's research division, Life Sciences, has announced its next project will be mental illness. They've hired Dr. Tom Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) since 2002, to head the effort. On the NIMH website, Dr. Insel wrote, "That the Life Sciences team...
For those who are affected by mental illness, the effects are all too real. But for others, it can be hard to understand the experience. U.K.-based artist Toby Allen has been drawing mental illnesses as monsters since 2013 and publishing the poignant illustrations on Tumblr. He gives...
