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Crowdfunder: Lifting the shame of mental illness among people of color through photos

Jul 13, 2015, 10:09 AM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project For the past 10 months, Dior Vargas has been collecting self-portraits from people of color dealing with mental illness around the country on her website; so far, she…

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Phoenix Latina teens’ video on mental illness garners national recognition

May 6, 2014, 10:18 AM 0

By Colton Gavin Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – When Shelly Ortiz and some classmates at Metropolitan Arts Institute in Phoenix were looking for the subject of what would become their award-winning short documentary, they didn’t have to look far….

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Prison Meds Reveal Disorders Severe for Mentally Ill Inmates

Feb 3, 2014, 2:16 PM 0

By Clifton Adcock and Shaun Hittle Oklahoma Watch LEXINGTON, Oklahoma — Two times a day, seven days a week, hundreds of prisoners at Joseph Harp Correctional Center in Lexington break into four lines to receive medications from prison staff….