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The Need to Talk Mental Health

Dear Editor,

One in five people in our country have had firsthand experience with behavioral health problems. That statistic would suggest that over 1,000 people in Valley County have been affected. How do we address those problems? "Our community needs to have more conversations about mental health" is the message that CARE Mental Health Committee is promoting with their upcoming Mental Health Awareness Walk on Tuesday, May 21.

Removing any stigma attached to mental illness by our culture has been proven to be an important part of the process of removing mental illness. How to remove stigma? Start by having a conversation. The Mental Health Committee knows that approaching mental illness in the same manner as one would attack a physical illness is a necessity. If you get a health problem, either mental or physical, you need to get some help, you need to have a conversation.

In the attempt to get more conversations about mental health, and provide education, the Committee is sponsoring the Walk on Tuesday, May 21, 5:30 p.m., at the Valley Events Center. Everybody is encouraged to have a conversation and to be part of the effort to remove stigma, and therefore address mental illness in our area. The Walk will have two people, who have battled and beat mental illness, give short presentations. Those who attend will also be able to gather some good information, get a free dinner at the end of walk to the Civic Center, get free mementos, have a chance to win a Yeti cooler courtesy of D& G, and possibly collect some Chamber Big Bucks. All within an hour, and if you get tired the Valley County Transit will provide a no fee ride. The goal is to get more conversation and improve mental health in our community.

Sincerely,

Bruce Petersen

Glasgow, Mont.

 

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