World Mental Health Day, 2025: The Policy Rollbacks Making Mental Health Care Harder

  • By D. Joel

A woman with a backpack stands outside a community mental-health center. Red “ACCESS DENIED” tape crosses the glass doors. On her phone screen: “Call Failed.” Notices on the door say “Waitlist: 6 months” and “988 support changes,” conveying blocked access to care.

World Mental Health Day, 2025: The U.S. is rolling back mental-health care. Parity is paused, 988 LGBTQ+ services were cut, and clinics face funding hits. Here’s exactly what changed and how it harms people with mental illness.

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I have developed and want to share a simple set of tools that will help you understand your current programming, understand how that programming is affecting relationships around you and whether or not your programming is limiting your personal growth potential.

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