EVENTS
The Storytellers Series
Conversations on Addiction, Depression & Bipolar Disorder
Dr. Anna Lembke
Psychiatrist, Author
A specialist in the opioid epidemic in the U.S. and the author of Drug Dealer, MD, How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop.
Shonda Buchanan
Author, Professor, Director of
Central California’s Children’s Institute
Author of Black Indian, a memoir, begins the saga of migration stories of Free People of Color communities exploring identity, ethnicity, landscape and loss.
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MIMI FELDMAN
Artist, Writer, Mother
Author of He Came in With It, a memoir chronicling her journey with her son with schizophrenia, who is also an artist.
Dr. Cassandra Joubert
Author of Losing Control:
Loving a Black Child with
Bipolar Disorder
Using her personal story to assist in alleviating the stigmas of mental illness disorders within the African-American Community, she tells of signs and symptoms to educate parents and others about Bipolar Disorders.
Dr. Alex Korb
Neuroscientist, Author and Coach
Author of The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time. Dr. Korb uses his research and demystifies the intricate brain processes that cause depression and offers a practical and effective approach to getting better.
Cassandra Joubert, ScD
January 27, 2022
12-1:30pm PT
Shonda Buchanan
February 24, 2022
12-1:30pm PT
MHA presents a free virtual four-part speaker series about serious mental illness; what it is, how it is treated, what its’ effect is on families and what could or should be different. Host Angie Coiro, one of the Bay Area's most engaged and skillful interviewers will lead these educational LIVE interviews, where your questions are encouraged and answered.
If you miss any of the informative and inspiring Storyteller Series they can be accessed under MHA Newsroom Videos.
SPONSORED IN PART BY
Marilyn David-Krasner, MSW
Ginny Stewart, LCSW
A continuation of the Navigating The Mental Health System Series
"I appreciate Spring Street Shelter for helping me to reintegrate into normal society. I am confident that today is better than yesterday, and tomorrow will be better than today."
— Jereme, MHA Client
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
Empowering People To Create Their Best Life
ABOUT MHA
The Mental Health Association of San Mateo County (MHA), a nonprofit organization, enriches quality of life, restores dignity, and reduces homelessness, particularly for those affected by mental illness and HIV/AIDS. MHA strengthens hope by providing shelter, support and opportunities for socialization.
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Days of Shelter
Friendship Center Days
Case Mgmt. Support Hours
SERVICES
Strengthening hope by providing support
and opportunities for socialization.
Job opportunities for healthcare
professionals and volunteers.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
"Tiffany and Amanda helped me move in here. When they left I lay on my back on the bed and just cried. It had been so long since I had a home."
— Wendy, Belmont Apartment Client
after being selected for permanent housing
OUR PARTNERS
EVENTS
Fundraising
SolMateo 40th Signature Kitchen Tour
Friday, May 13, 2022 | 10AM - 3PM
Navigating the Mental Health System
January 27, February 24 & March 24, 2022 | 12PM