Check out their website and get involved. As we openly talk about mental illness and alcohol abuse and alcoholism and dual diagnosis (having both a mental illness and a substance addiction), we tackle the shame that keeps us stuck in the fear of the unknown. These are diseases, and as diseases, they are treatable. So let’s start. Let’s talk about it.
by Lisa Frederiksen
There is a wonderful new effort — bring change 2 mind.org – created by Glenn Close, the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF), Fountain House, and Garen and Shari Staglin of IMHRO (International Mental Health Research Organization). They are working to end the stigma that surrounds mental illness in a way like I’ve never seen before.
This PSA is an excellent example.
And this one!
Check out their website and get involved. As we openly talk about mental illness and alcohol abuse and alcoholism and dual diagnosis (having both a mental illness and a substance addiction), we tackle the shame that keeps us stuck in the fear of the unknown. These are diseases, and as diseases, they are treatable. So let’s start. Let’s talk about it.
