Make a Difference

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Welcome to the Mental Health Activism
Companion Website!

Updated periodically, this site includes links to all the resources included in the book Make a Difference With Mental Health Activism. No activism degree required—use your unique skills to change the world.

If you have any difficulty using this site, send an email to admin@lifeattheintersection.com. To use this site effectively, you need a copy of the book.

How to Buy Make a Difference with Mental Health Activism

The authors help you figure out a plan to tackle the issues that mean the most to you, in a way that is authentically you. ~ Reedsy

Make a Difference with Mental Health Activism is available at Life At The Intersection Books. If you purchase there we donate to The National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Make a Difference with Mental Health Activism is also available at Amazon.

We also invite you to join the Facebook Group 5-Step Activism Path.

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Additional Resources

The Intersection Worksheet

Download the Intersection Worksheet and find the best combination of your skills, motivations, and methods.

The Activist Skills and Experiences Questionnaire

Activist Randy Schutt created this questionnaire. Remind yourself of the skills, knowledge, and experiences that you already have and can apply to activism. 

The Baylor University Stress Symptoms Checklist

Learn to recognize how stress shows up in your body. With this awareness, you can use coping strategies to manage difficult times.

Endnotes

  1. Learn more about Pete Earley’s The Hot House at http://www.peteearley.com/books/the-hot-house/
  2. Learn more about Pete Earley’s Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness at http://www.peteearley.com/books/crazy/
  3. The website for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
  4. The Mental Health America quote about parity (link is broken)
  5. Read Trish Lockard’s article on mental health during the pandemic
  6. Link for Part 1 of Lester Holt’s interview with Michael Phelps https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/michael-phelps-speaks-on-importance-of-mental-health-part-1-117596229869  Link for Part 2 of Lester Holt’s interview with Michael Phelps https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/michael-phelps-speaks-on-importance-of-mental-health-part-2-117594693944
  7. Learn more about Terri Lyon’s What’s On Your Sign? How to focus your passion and change the world at Life At The Intersection
  8. Christinea Beane’s Make Cents Jewelry Page. Jewelry that will stimulate conversation and raise awareness for mental illness #jewelryforyourthoughts
  9. Christinea Beane donates to the organization To Write Love On Her Arms
  10. Read more about #WearYourMeds at https://www.thelweiss.com/wear-your-meds
  11.  Amazon Page for What’s On Your Sign? How to focus your passion and change the world
  12. Amazon Page for The What’s On Your Sign Workbook
  13. Read Terri Lyon’s How To Create A Vision of a Joyful Life
  14. Read With Mental Illness You Won’t Get A Casserole by Trish Lockard.
  15. Listen to Christina’s Wolfgram’s Sobcast the Podcast.[1] Mark Henson’s book Ordinary Superpowers :Unleash the Full Potential of Your Most Natural Talents is available at Amazon.
  16. Mark Henson’s book Ordinary Superpowers :Unleash the Full Potential of Your Most Natural Talents is available at Amazon.
  17. The Activist Skills and Experiences Questionnaire
  18. Take the quiz “How Privileged Are You?” at Buzzfeed
  19. At the website It’s Pronounced Metrosexual you can find examples of upper-class privilege.
  20. Read What You Can Do and What You Know Will Change The World by Terri Lyon.
  21. View the Love Never Dies Quilts (link is broken.)
  22. Learn more about NAMI’s Family-to-Family Program.
  23. Get information about NAMI Smarts for Advocacy.
  24. Learn about Mental Health First Aid.
  25. The National Suicide Prevention Hotline.
  26. Help others in distress with Question-Persuade-Refer.
  27. Learn more about Make It OK.
  28. Read the beer brewer’s story of using his craft to make a difference.
  29. Learn more about artist Kimmy Henderson’s bipolar awareness campaign
  30. Learn more about Joan Baez’s art project.
  31. The Craftivist Collective is an amazing UK resource for gentle, creative activism.
  32. Acting for the Future: theater supporting mental health.
  33. The December 2017 Vibrant.org article about rapper Logic https://www.vibrant.org/mha-nyc-logic-continue-impact/
  34. The Suicide Prevention Lifeline press release is at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Logic-Lifeline-Press-Release-Final.pdf
  35. Learn more about Mental Health America’s work
  36. Man Therapy Tips
  37. NAMI’s campaigns to eliminate stigma
  38. Learn more about Big White Wall
  39. Read more about the artistic Nike shoe campaign
  40. Read Terri Lyon’s How To Find The Best Activism Method
  41. Miana Bryant’s The Mental Elephant
  42. Watch the video of Ken Duckworth and Miana Bryant on CBS Good Morning.
  43. Read How To Make an Impact With Your Activism by Terri Lyon.
  44. Doing Good Better by William MacAskill is available at Amazon.
  45. Gabe Howard’s website
  46. The Easy Guide to the Goal Setting Process
  47. Read The Lifelong Activist by Hillary Rettig.
  48. A guide for writing SMART goals
  49. Learn how to deal with compassion fatigue.
  50. A guide to gratefulness from Harvard
  51. A tool for savoring happiness from Clearer Thinking
  52. Take a stress test from Psych Central
  53. Read How To Stay Motivated In Your Activism by Terri Lyon.
  54. This article about bipolar disorder contains the Demi Lovato quote
  55. Pete Earley comments that, “on average, in 2018, the cost of holding people in federal custody was $102.60 per day per adult, or $37,449 a year. The monetary cost for juvenile detention is staggering: $588 per day per youth, or $214,620 a year.” In a NAMI article, Joseph Vanable says, “The average cost for psychiatric treatment in a community hospital ranges from $3,616 to $8,509, depending on the type of illness being treated. On average, in 2018, the cost of holding people in federal custody was $102.60 per day per adult, or $37,449 a year. The monetary cost for juvenile detention is staggering: $588 per day per youth, or $214,620 a year. The average cost for psychiatric treatment in a community hospital ranges from $3,616 to $8,509, depending on the type of illness being treated.” https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/March-2021/The-Cost-of-Criminalizing-Serious-Mental-Illness
  56. Read more about Dr. Ken Duckworth’s upcoming book You Are Not Alone: Dr. Ken Duckworth writing mental health guide, due in 2022. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-coronavirus-pandemic-mental-health-b16a9032b40de3a8a9427daf9b6a1710
  57. Read more about Kevin Earley.