How do we stigmatize mental illness

For Koffie, the topic of suicide prevention is personal. Far too many of her peers grapple with mental illness, and poetry is the perfect medium to speak truth to power. "The past three years have ...

Sonya Quinn of the National Alliance on Mental Illness was the presenter for a recent webinar hosted by Monroe County Community College.

Quinn stressed the need to deconstruct a culture of silence and denial over the issue and increase the need to “spread mental health awareness so we can de-stigmatize ... don’t do that enough.

Here's what bosses can do about it ... leadership needs to get involve and de-stigmatize mental health conversations. “The time is ripe for this as we have all been through trauma and there ...

"Their own mental health was challenged by the experience. She said she decided “we have to do something, people are struggling.” She instructed her team to tackle the issue on several fronts.