Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 1-7)
Oct 02, 2017
October 1st through the 7th is marked as Mental Illness Awareness Week. Mental illnesses include ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, Eating Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, PTSD, Schizophrenia and many others. The National…
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