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The DSM-5

This name refers to a text published by the American Psychiatric Association that outlines the details and criteria of all recognized mental health conditions.

Yale University

This is the institution of higher education where the author first suffered from mental health issues and was hospitalized. She was later released from the school and transferred to complete her degree elsewhere.

Stanford University

This institution of higher learning is where the author completed her undergraduate studies after transferring from another esteemed college. It was while attending this school that she experienced her first auditory hallucination.

California Assembly Bill #1421

This law was passed in 2002 and allows for the "involuntary treatment of any person with a mental disorder who, as a result of the mental disorder, is a danger to others or to himself or herself, or who is gravely disabled" (31).

NAMI

This is "the nation's largest grassroots mental health...

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