HeyJaredMental: Fighting the fragmentation of mental health one policy at a time
A weekly newsletter on how policy, culture, and current events shape mental health—and what we can do to fix the system.
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Dr. Doomscroller (opens the original)
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Recently, I’ve been on a Marvel Universe tear with my youngest. We’re doing this in preparation for the introduction of the newest evil dude in the Marvel universe, Dr. Doom. Perhaps it’s too on the nose, but there’s a lot to this word, doom. Doom, in the dictionary sense, is a fate you can’t outrun and usually a bad one. And while maybe you’ve never felt doom in that biblical, movie-villain sense, you’re probably more familiar with its diminutive modern cousin. Ah yes, that’s our frenemy doomsc
When the Answer is No (opens the original)
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I’ve been told that I sometimes have a hard time being told no. It’s not that I’m always in defiance of what’s being said, it’s that my brain tends to think there has to be a way to make it work. Surely there’s something we haven’t thought through that would allow this to happen. Of course, being told no when you’re doing something you’re not supposed to, or something that’s wrong, is decidedly appropriate. I’m talking about the no’s where there’s no good reason or justification behind them.No’s
A Day Off (opens the original)
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Happy Thursday, all. I will keep this one brief. Today I chose to not write about anything, for one reason it’s my birthday, and I thought I should model taking at least one day off in earnest; however, the other reason is that I wanted to name a few things that will be coming at you in the coming weeks and months. If you know me, you know I always have multiple ideas and writing pieces in the process at the same time with some more ready to launch than others. I’ve found that there’s so much to
Follow the Money (opens the original)
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Have you ever been to court? It’s not the most relaxing place. The unfamiliar faces, tension around why you are there, and of course, the uncertainty on outcome. What will it mean for you? For your family? The stress of a court appearance only gets bigger depending on the stage and your charge. I can imagine that an appearance for a traffic violation is quite a different experience than that of a murder trial. Whenever I see court hearings, no matter how mundane, I think about the implications o
988 Works. That’s Not Enough. (opens the original)
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I remember the first time the police came to my school.I was a first-year special education teacher who didn’t know which way was up. The school served a lot of kids who had been through it. All were labeled as “SED kids,” kids with Serious Emotional Disturbance, which basically refers to a kid with a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder that limits their ability to learn or function in school. Even as I write this, it’s hard to see how we still use this language, though some st
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