Megan Pauly

Bio

Megan Pauly is communications director and grant writer for the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Montgomery County. She has also reported on mental health for The Atlantic, NPR and NPR stations.
With One Simple Change, Anyone Can Show Respect to People With Mental Illness
By Megan Pauly
Language matters, and talking about mental illness is no exception. "The mentally ill" is a common phrase in media, but since the late 1990s, the largest grassroots mental health organization in the country has chosen less stigmatizing language that…