Corey Minor Smith’s moved 21 times and attended 14 different schools before graduating high school, and throughout her childhood she was a teenage caretaker to her mother who was living with a severe mental health condition. In spite of these obstacles, she became a successful attorney.” These adverse childhood experiences along with becoming a trained facilitator for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), have paved the way for her mental health advocacy work. Currently, she is appointed to serve as US Senior Counsel for HUD the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). On this episode of The vault we talked about the challenges that caregivers face when living with someone with severe mental health issues and ways to support families and caregivers with resources and training. Corey has also written books and guides to support families who have had similar challenges due to having loved ones with severe mental health conditions.
- Self-care for caregivers.
- Mental health support for caregivers.
- How to help a loved one who does not acknowledge their mental illness.
- How to support a loved one who has severe mental illness.
- How to utlize resources in the community to support caregivers.
- How to utilize resources in the community to support loved ones with severe mental illness.
- How to cope with High Functioning Depression
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