May is Mental Health Month. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness. Mental Health Month is observed to bring awareness to the importance of mental health, fight the stigma surrounding mental health, provide support to those with mental illness, and advocate for policies to support people with mental illness. Mental illness includes, but is not limited to depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, eating disorders, panic disorder, substance abuse and addiction, obsessive-compulsive disorder, psychosis, and post-traumatic stress disorder. There is treatment for mental health disorders! To name a few, treatment includes counseling, therapy and medication. If you want more information about mental health, please visit https://www.nami.org.
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