Mental health is an invisible architect that shapes our inner lives and the world around us. On my substack, I will explore how mental health intersects with life today through a public health lens. I’ll breakdown academic research, review policies we have and some we need, and uncover the history that has made the mental health system a hot mess.
Read MoreSince this essay was published by Health magazine in October 2018, more evidence has shown that SSRIs can be used safely during pregnancy. The stigma and shame that surrounds mothers when they most need support still exists.
Read MoreCrushed after the suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, I wrote this essay for Women’s Health to help myself, and others, make sense of our loss.
Read MoreThrough an assignment for a graduate school epidemiology course, I uncovered that HIV/AIDS cases in the Austin area had increased 40% percent.
Read MoreThis reported essay published by Austin Monthly highlighted the struggles families in Texas face when fighting to get treatment for their loved ones. This article won the 2011 Lone Star Award for “Best Magazine Article” in Texas.
Read MoreI took part in a New York City’s annual homeless count hoping to understand my brother, who lives on the streets, and shared my experience in an essay for Salon.
Read MorePublished in an online magazine The Morning News in 2009, the first essay I wrote about my brother’s experience with schizophrenia is the only one he would ever read.
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