Aug 9, 2023 | Mental Health Articles
By Emalee Gillis, NAMI Spokane Blog Editor. NAMI Ending the Silence is an engaging presentation that helps audiences of young people, school staff, and parents learn about the warning signs of mental health conditions and what steps to take if you or a loved...Jul 20, 2023 | Mental Health Articles
By Archie Green. “Don’t call me crazy!” Unfortunately, this plea is common in Black/African Ancestry communities when peers or family members misunderstand someone who has a serious mental illness (SMI). Beyond being misunderstood, people in this community have...Jul 19, 2023 | Mental Health Articles
By Emalee Gillis, NAMI Spokane Blog Editor. When asked to discuss what culturally specific mental health care means for Native Americans, Shane Garcia, a social worker at the Native Project in Spokane, kept coming back to the term “holistic.” The Native Project is a...Jul 12, 2023 | Mental Health Articles
By Emalee Gillis, NAMI Spokane Blog Editor. Shamra Andrews of Spokane, now 47, has faced mental health challenges since she was a teenager. As a teenager, she stated that she wanted to die in the form of letters. Into her early twenties, she had constant thoughts of...Jul 5, 2023 | Mental Health Articles
By Emalee Gillis, NAMI Spokane Blog Editor. Providing culturally specific mental health services means different things for different cultures. This article explores what culturally specific mental health services mean for the Hispanic/Latino culture in Spokane....