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Associations join in national effort to end stigma around mental illness

Grand Challenge envisions coalition working together for decades to achieve goalMore than a dozen associations are banding together to help launch a national movement aimed at ending the stigma around mental illness and substance abuse disorders.More than 175 mental health experts and leaders from associations, federal and state governmental bodies, hospitals and higher education institutes met in Utah last month to collaborate on long-term solutions. Their goal: eliminate attitudes that often prevent people from seeking care for mental health disorders."We need to have a broad enough engagement to connect with people where they work, live and play," said Jared Skillings,… Read More