SALUD: Mental Illness Awareness Week Reminds Public to Fight Stigmas, Provide Support

Each year Mental Illness Awareness Week takes place during the first full week of October, and those seven days offer a firm opportunity for advocates to fight stigmas, provide support, and educate the public on mental illness condition.

Latinos & Blacks Disproportionately Affected by Mental Health Issues and Chronic Disease: Study

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
UCLA researchers determined that Latinos/Hispanics and African Americans are disproportionately affected by mental health issues and chronic disease, likely due to cumulative discrimination, trauma and community violence.

Robin Williams Suicide Shines Light on One of the Hispanic Community's Darkest Secrets: Depression

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
In 2006, Robin Williams sought assistance for his depression but wasn't diagnosed with clinical depression. Likewise, many in the Latino community who show signs of severe depression go undiagnosed and untreated, leaving them susceptible to effects of the serious disorder.
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