Free Presentation: Living with Mental Illness

WYANDOTTE – One in four adults - or about 57 million Americans - experience a mental health disorder in a given year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

And 10 percent of children and adolescents in the U.S suffer from serious emotional and mental disorders that cause significant functional impairment in their day-to-day lives at home, in school, and with peers.
And one more fact: by 2020, major depressive illness will be the leading cause of disability in the world for women and children.

On Tuesday, May 19, the National Alliance on Mental Illness will present “In Our Own Voice: Living with Mental Illness” at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital. The event is part of month-long activities aimed at increasing the public’s awareness of mental illness during May, Mental Health Month.

The program is a recovery education presentation about mental illness that includes video, personal testimony, and discussion. The presentation will enhance understanding of how people with these serious disorders cope with the reality of their illnesses while recovering and reclaiming productive lives.

The program, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., takes place in Multipurpose Room B at the hospital. Lunch will be served at 10:30 a.m. The program will start promptly at 11 a.m.

While the event is free and open to the public, reservations are required for the lunch/presentation.

Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital is located at 2333 Biddle Avenue in Wyandotte.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Lisa Haywood at (734) 246-8892 or Lhaywood1@hfhs.org.