Today kicks off Mental Illness Awareness Week. To be truthful, I’m no big fan of these campaigns. My friend and fellow blogger here on HealthCentral, MerelyMe, took the words right out of my mouth when she wrote in her post on mental illness awareness:
People who have a mental illness or mood disorder are not just dealing with it for a single week or month. Many of us have been battling depression or other disorders for years. For those of us who suffer from depression it is like “Tell me...
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