While mental health issues affect individuals of every community and socioeconomic class, the LGBTQ community has an increased risk for mental illness, with three times as many individuals who identify as LGBTQ living with major depression and generalized anxiety disorder than their heteronormative counterparts. Many LGBTQ individuals do not receive...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipw9qJSXpxM “We were heartbroken, lost and didn’t know which way to turn. Doctors can be very good at prescribing medicines but are not good at attending to the soul of a family. However, it was one of those doctors who, after my many incessant questions, said, “Have you ever heard...
I was an American soldier and part of a brotherhood. Understanding Veterans and our mental health can be a difficult task, so I’d like to share something with you that brought me to tears and hit me in the gut. I’m going to expose something deep within me, the heart...
With one in every five adults worldwide living with a mental illness, there’s an ever-growing need for innovative and effective means of combating mental illness in the community. The National Alliance on Mental Illness – Cook County North Suburban chapter (NAMI CCNS) is Chicago’s leader in mental health support groups...