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And its negative impact on mental health continues…

We are thrilled to announce Mark Lukach, international best selling author, as our Emcee. His work has been published in many major publications. His memoir, 'My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward' is a deeply moving & inspiring story. Get your Spectrum tickets @ the link in our bio!

"Despite the foreboding rhetoric, the worst-case predictions for Sweden never materialized. In fact, they were not even close" fee.org/articles/laiss…

New on the blog! Access Institute's Founder & Executive Director, Bart Magee Ph.D., discusses the passage of Prop 1 - Gov Newsom's $6.4bil plan to build treatment beds & housing for people experiencing serious mental health illnesses & it's implications. Read @ the link in our bio!

Join Bart Magee Ph.D. Access Institute's Founder & Executive Director, & Dr. Leslie Carr, @drlesliecarr clinical psychologist & podcast coast of 'The Nature of Nurture' for a can't-miss discussion! See you on our instagram, @accessinstsf TOMORROW, 5/23 at 4:30pm PST!

Simone Biles taught a valuable lesson at the Olympics: Overcoming adversity takes time. Resilience is not about how quickly you bounce back—it’s about how fully you recover. You can’t judge people’s strength when they fall. Their fortitude is visible when they rise again.

The Gamer and the Psychiatrist nytimes.com/2024/08/07/hea… I'm supportive of the increased comfort with sharing mental health struggles, but the social media age there are real dangers. Therapy must be confidential, professional and respect the boundaries of the treatment frame.

While mental health stigma is fading, financial barriers remain a huge obstacle. Learn how Access Institute is tackling the high cost of therapy and expanding affordable care in San Francisco. Read the full blog by Bart Magee, Ph.D., on our website. Link in bio #mentalhealth

I will be a president for all Americans.

"Fauci, Birx, Redfield presided over the worst fiasco in public health history -destroyed younger gen, creating massive psychol harms in teens & college students, suicidal ideation, self-harms, anxiety/depression - from the lockdown, not the virus. They caused that." #History

We’re closer to our goal! So far, we’ve raised $39,787.47 towards our $100,000 goal. Your support provides life-changing mental health care to those who need it most. Donate Today! Link in bio! #MentalHealthMatters

nytimes.com/2025/01/15/hea… via @NYTimes. Very troubling but not surprising. A new technology heralded as a way to increase access and equity actually ends up benefiting the well off and increasing inequity. No wonder people are cynical.

What we’ve been experiencing at Access Institute supports what the research is finding. If teletherapy were truly narrowing the access gap we wouldn’t be seeing an ever growing number of low-income San Franciscans seeking our (in-person) services.

Illegal. Unconstitutional. UnAmerican. And morally repugnant.

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Ask yourself—what’s going to stop the government from deporting you to a prison in El Salvador? How would you prove it’s an error if you don’t have due process? If it can happen to anyone, it can happen to you. The people get it. Either everyone has due process—or nobody does.

In Uncertain Times, Values Show the Way - Access Institute. I wanted to write something for the moment. I hope it helps. accessinst.org/blog/in-uncert…

Join us LIVE on May 29 at 3 PM PST as our Exec. Director Dr. Bart Magee sits down with Gregorio Fernandez to unpack his latest blog on how core values like freedom & connection guide us through crisis. Streaming on IG: Access Institute #MentalHealth #ValuesMatter