KUER Local News
(2009-09-13)
LANSING, MI
(Associated Press) -
Two Public service announcements aimed atending stereotypes associated with mental illness have begun
playing on Michigan's television airwaves.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Michigan ads began
appearing this month and feature several dozen people who either
suffer from mental illness or have family members who do.
Sherri Solomon, the organization's Michigan executive director,
tells the Lansing State Journal about 250,000 people in Michigan
have been diagnosed with mental illness. She hopes the ads will air
for at least three months - but acknowledges that eliminating
social stigmas will take much longer.
The Centers for Disease Control says about one in four American
adults suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.
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