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Schey continued to work at state mental hospitals doing what she could for patients on the ground as reforms slowly began to take hold. Her work and the work of other organizers has helped pave the way for improving conditions and to reduce the stigma around mental health today!

She eventually joined the National Mental Health Foundation and the First Unitarian Society (groups organizing to reform the country’s mental hospitals) where she and other organizers were able to raise public awareness and pressure the MN governor to take action.

Schey brought attention to these conditions to her superiors and representatives in local government, but was frustrated by their lack of knowledge or interest in the plight of people suffering in Minnesota’s mental hospitals.

For much of her early life, Schey worked as a social worker in Chicago and Milwaukee. She later moved to MN and began work as an attendant at a mental hospital where she witnessed firsthand the horrific conditions, abuse, and understaffing that patients were subjected to.

Mental hospitals, which had been a destination for a wide variety of people, were being exposed and criticized for their shocking conditions, treatment of patients, use of forced restraints, and questionable medical procedures.

For #WomensHistoryMonth, we’re highlighting the story of Engla Schey, a working-class woman who profoundly influenced the mental health field. In 1948, the governor of MN began to reform mental hospitals after he learned of abuse and mistreatment at facilities across the state.

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Pregnancy loss can result in “disenfranchised grief,” which is a type of grief that results from living in a society without culturally defined and accepted mourning rituals for pregnancy loss, leaving parents feeling cheated out of their right to mourn. #NeverBeStill

New in the webzine: "What is Dyspareunia and the Underlying Diagnoses of Sexual Pain" by Kate Ernstrom, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C (she/her). (4 min read) Check it out! https://t.co/aeWxRdtIZk #therapy #therapist #sextherapy #pain #mentalhealth #blog #zine #chicago #chicagotherapist

Ever felt so overcome with emotions that it’s difficult to control your response to others? You might be experiencing EMOTIONAL FLOODING, a psychological concept that describes when someone becomes overwhelmed with emotions. https://t.co/g0q1qGHbHl

Registration is $30 and we will donate 50% of proceeds to @marketboxchi, a mutual aid project that sources food from small farms and distributes it for free across the South Side of Chicago! 1 CEU is offered for this training. https://t.co/KCj5FGnVLm

New training! "How to ACT in Conflict: Helping the Psychotherapy Client Survive Holidays,” hosted by Reyna Schwartz, PsyD, PMH-C on 11/16 from 2:00pm-3:00pm CST https://t.co/KCj5FGnVLm #ceu #continuinged #continuingeducation #therapist #mentalhealth

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@ANSIRH #mentalhealth #roe #abortion #reproductivecare #abortioncareismentalhealthcare

Sources: (@ANSIRH); Biggs, M.A. Women’s mental health and well-being 5 years after receiving or being denied an abortion; Foster, D.G. (2020) The Turnaway Study.

#5 More likely to experience financial insecurity, which may last for years. #6 More likely to stay with violent or abusive partners. #7 More likely to have their child’s development negatively impacted.

#2 More likely to experience pregnancy complications like eclampsia. #3 Less likely to have plans and aspirations for the coming year. #4 More likely to experience poor physical health in the coming year.

The Turnaway Study was a longitudinal study that followed 1000 people who sought abortions and found that the people who were denied abortion care were: #1 More likely to have higher levels of anxiety and reduced self-esteem in the short-term.