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Mental Illness Awareness Week Being Observed in 2013!

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  • Apr 17th, 2013
    Someone from Kissimmee, FL writes:
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    Someone we love has had his life ruined by getting snared into the legal system while he was acutely mentally ill. Now we watch his spirit dying because noone will give him a second chance to employ him because of the legal system branding him as something he's NOT. Decent people deserve to have mental illness dealt with in a much more humane way. A good caring human being is being condemned to a lifetime of hopelessness and dispair. Shame on the system.
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  • Apr 17th, 2013
    Someone from Louisville, CO writes:
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    The medical industry needs to recognize this horrible disease
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  • Apr 16th, 2013
    Someone from Rice, MN writes:
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    my husband lost his battle with depression. Everyday we miss him. let's all join together and stop the stigma of mental illness and treat it for what it is an ILLNESS.
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  • Apr 16th, 2013
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  • Apr 15th, 2013
    Someone from Lake Mary, FL writes:
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    My PCP misdiagnosed me with bipolar disorder and had me on 200 MG of Seroquel. I was suffering from depression and immediately taken off Seroquel by my Psychiatrist. We need to pass a law that does not allow any PCP's the right to prescribe anti-psychotic medication without first having a Psychiatrist confirm the diagnosis. I spent all of 2012 and the first three months of this year recovering from symptoms that almost took my life.
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  • Apr 15th, 2013
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    Someone from The Dalles, OR writes:
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    My step dad ruined my Mom's and my life by not comprehending her need to grieve the loss of my little brother. He divorced her and fought to get custody of me then had her committed to an institution. She wound up being there 8 years, and a couple times for a year or two later on. I wound up in 6 different foster homes before he married a really crazy widow when i was 16. She seduced me and divorced him. What a woman!
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  • Apr 14th, 2013
    Someone from Sewell, NJ writes:
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    I believe that it's important to make many people aware who have these illnesses that they aren't alone and they aren't bad people for having these ailments. Hopefully, in turn this could help encourage their friends, family, and loved ones to have more tolerance and patience for them and their condition.
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  • Apr 14th, 2013
    Someone from Charlottesville, VA signed.
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    Someone from Philadelphia, PA writes:
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    It is important that people know that the majority of those who have a mental illness ARE NOT MONSTERS OR EVIL!
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  • Apr 14th, 2013
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  • Apr 14th, 2013
    Someone from Calistoga, CA writes:
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    A very good cause... I support it highly.
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  • Apr 14th, 2013
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  • Apr 13th, 2013
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  • Apr 12th, 2013
    Someone from Merced, CA writes:
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    Mental illness is real
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  • Apr 12th, 2013
    Someone from Clayton, NC signed.
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  • Apr 8th, 2013
    Someone from Weare, NH writes:
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    Mental illnesses of all kinds, from social anxiety to schizophrenia, need to be known and accepted by our society.
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  • Apr 8th, 2013
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  • Apr 6th, 2013
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  • Apr 5th, 2013
    Someone from Potomac, MD writes:
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    Having my degrees in Psychology from GWU, I am very much pro-therapy, especially mental health awareness which sadly goes undiagnosed!
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  • Apr 3rd, 2013
    Someone from West End, NC writes:
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    I am a physician with a mental health / brain disorder and couldn't agree more with the thrust of this petition. t
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  • Apr 2nd, 2013
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  • Mar 31st, 2013
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  • Mar 31st, 2013
    Someone from New Port Richey, FL writes:
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    Help educate people about mental illness, would you do it if it were your child?
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  • Mar 30th, 2013
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