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October 28, 2015

Everyone can play a role in addressing mental illness

Mental illness has been part of my life since I was a child. Four of my six family members were hospitalized with diagnoses ranging from schizophrenia to borderline personality disorder to depression. Where some people saw my family members only as “patients,” to me, they were always known as mom, dad, Gary and Stephanie. We

Mental illness has been part of my life since I was a child. Four of my six family members were hospitalized with diagnoses ranging from schizophrenia to borderline personality disorder to depression. Where some people saw my family members only as “patients,” to me, they were always known as mom, dad, Gary and Stephanie. We loved each other and, together, worked through life’s rough spots.

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