**Trigger Warning: Transphobia/Homophobia and Violence** June is Pride Month! Happy Pride to all. I would like to preface this post...
LGBTQIA+ Youth and COVID-19
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Racism and Mental Health
**Trigger Warning: Racial Violence / Police Violence ** I would like to preface this post by mentioning that I am a white person who...
Abusive Homes and COVID-19
**Trigger Warning: Violence/Abuse** During the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns of college students reentering abusive home environments...
College Mental Health and COVID-19
When the University of Richmond announced that learning would switch to entirely remote education due to COVID-19, my heart sunk as I...
Proposed State Budget Great Opportunity for Mental Health
[Condensed from our opinion column published March 2, 2020 in the Richmond Times Dispatch.] Virginia ranks 37th out of 51 states and...
Advocacy Day 2020
There was a mother who lost her son to addiction and suicide. A Navy veteran described not being able to find help when discharged...
College Student Mental Health
“We’re overwhelmed.” I heard this over and over from college counselors who stopped by our exhibit table at the Virginia Counselors...
Defending Current Health Care Protections
Mental Health America of Virginia was invited to Sen. Mark Warner's (D-VA) November 15th roundtable on defending healthcare...
A Victory for Mental Health
Gray O’Dwyer received the Mental Health Advocate Champion of the Year Award from Mental Health America of Virginia at our “Victory...
Remarks to State Crime Commission re: Gun Bills
August 20, 2019 Mental Health America of Virginia - Remarks at Virginia State Crime Commission's Public Hearing re: Special...
Have fun for your health
Fun and games are good for your health. Our free Game Time for Mental Health event on May 23rd is one way we are reaching out during...
From the Desk of Dr. Kimya Dennis: Connecting Our Communities with Medical-Health Professionals
Connecting Our Communities with Medical-Health Professionals We need medical-health professionals. We appreciate medical-health...
Increasing Access to Mental Health Services in Virginia: In Conversation
Michael Shea of Arlington Independent Media filmed a 30 minute kitchen table type conversation about barriers to treatment and how to...
Speaker #59 at Public Hearing on the State Budget
Public Comment on the Governor’s Proposed Amendments to the 2018-2020 Biennial State Budget [On January 3, 2019, the House...
Virginia Improves to 33rd in State of Mental Health Report; Youth and Adult measures show mixed results
Mental Health America (MHA) recently released its 2019 State of Mental Health Report, which ranks all 50 states and the District of...