A Mental Health Organization Combatting the Stigma of Mental Illness

Mental Health Program

Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellows have written, produced, and published works related to mental illnesses and reducing stigma. Relevant articles and projects completed both during and after each journalist's fellowship year may be found within the archives.

Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Mental Health

1 Feb 2005

For Koreans and Hispanics, a voice against violence

Mitch Schonfeld wants to rid the world of domestic violence. To do that, he spends much of his time dispelling myths. [Read the Article...]

6 Oct 2004

Family care and the latina woman

It was interesting to recognize that what professionals in the United States call "caregiving" isn't an actual word in Spanish. [Read the Article...]

1 Oct 2004

Awa Hikoi: The River Journey

Awa Hikoi: The River Journey documents a unique journey towards wellness. In late 2004, a group of Maori Mental Health consumers started a three-day canoe trip through the upper reaches of New Zealand's Whanganui River.[Read the Article...]

28 Aug 2004

The Unfriendly Isles

In August 2002, Louisa Lee tried to kill herself for the eighth time. Since Lee migrated here with her husband and daughter from Hong Kong in the early 1990s, her life has been a well of unhappiness. [Read the Article...]

10 Aug 2004

STANDING IN THE SHADOWS: Understanding and Overcoming Depression in Black Men

The subject of Black men and depression, has, in the black community, remained a taboo topic, discussed only when absolutely unavoidable. John Head courageously examines the effects that the unwillingness to look at and talk about mental illness has had on generations of black men and their families. In a book as daring and explosive as Nathan McCall's disclosure of black men's violence and aggression, Head takes on depression and uncovers black men's buried emotional pain. [Read the Article...]