Many of our friends and supporters have attended one of the Bright Nights Community Education Forums that the Prechter Program and the University of Michigan Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center regularly put on in south-eastern Michigan. The goal of these events is to educate the public about mental health issues and to provide an open atmosphere for discussing these topics with mental health providers and researchers. Over the years, we've received wonderful feedback from attendees!
Stigma around mental health can keep people from seeking help or following a doctor’s treatment plan. But a new study published in Academic Psychiatry shows that public education initiatives could improve the picture.
Read this article on Michigan Medicine's Health Lab website to learn more about the Bright Nights series and its origins.
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