Unmet Needs: “Folk Wisdom” about health perpetuates stereotypes
Talking about mental health and mental illness is hard; sometimes it awkward. Most of the time it’s uncomfortable. Should it be?
“That was the saddest moment of my life…being told I’m not capable of working.”
Ann and Robert Russell of Champaign interviewed each other about living with Robert’s mental illness as a part of our series “Unmet Needs: Living with mental illness in central Illinois.”
Unmet Needs: three things we learned during our #WILLchat on Twitter
As a part of our series, "Unmet Needs: living with mental illness in central Illinois," we convened what we hope is the first of many Twitterchats. Here's a recap.
Refusing To Give In To Mental Health Stigma
This story was reported as part of our series “Unmet Needs: Living with mental illness in central Illinois.”
Talk to us: Twitterchat Friday at 11:00 a.m. CT
Friday, April 11 at 11:00 a.m. central time, Lindsey Mooon @lindseysmoon will be hosting a Twitterchat with reporter Sean Powers @SeanCPow at the hashtag #WILLchat to talk about mental illness and the associated stigmas that exist in Illinois.