Tag: Awareness
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59 Celebrities Who’ve Opened Up About Mental Health To Prove You’re Not Alone
In recent years, we’ve seen a shift in the stigma of mental health in emerging adults with conversations about depression, anxiety, substance use, and more moving from the private to the public sphere. Mental-health issues have always been shrouded in stigma, despite data showing they affect about 18% of American adults. According to the National…
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My Aunt Mettie
May 1st started Mental Health Awareness month. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, approximately 1 in 5 adults in the United States (roughly 43.8 million people) experience mental illness in a given year; either from direct observation or first-hand experience. My experiences with mental illness came from direct observation. Every Christmas, from…
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