MENTAL HEALTH STORIES
Our purpose is to reduce stigma though broadly communicating mental health stories.
The Mental Health Stories project is a partnership between the Public Information and Education (PIE)Committee of the Colorado Psychiatric Society and the CHARG Resource Center. The committee includes CPS members, peer specialists, people with lived and living experience and other community members.
Youth Mental Health Stories Booklet
Available here
For the sixth year of Mental Health Stories, CPS published a Youth Mental Health Stories booklet in collaboration with CHARG and the Youth Action Board of Children’s Hospital Colorado. The booklet is excerpts from the full book produced by the Youth Action Board, Sonder. Sonder is available to explore here.
5 Years of Mental Health Stories Booklet
Available here
“Today your letter arrived about receiving an honorarium for my essay . . . I am so grateful that you gave me this opportunity to feel that I am advocating for myself and those who have had similar experiences. I feel like my voice was heard and I can't describe how precious a feeling that is.”
“Not only have you given me a very happy Christmas, but also the very healing gift of telling my story!”
“I am elated to have had my essay chosen for your Mental Health Stories essay contest . . . together, we can strengthen our efforts towards bringing forth a more positive, stigma free world”
The above excerpts are from just a few of the notes we have received over five years in response to the Mental Health Stories project, a partnership between the Public Information and Education Committee of the Colorado Psychiatric Society and the CHARG Resource Center. 5 Years of Mental Health Stories is a collection of booklets from the Mental Health Stories project. The stories are submitted by individuals with mental illness who wish to tell their story. Several stories each year are awarded a $100 honorarium and we have co-hosted 2 events where authors read their stories.