About one in four adults has a diagnosable mental disorder in any given year, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. In 2013, KERA teamed up with Mayor Mike Rawlings and the Dallas Morning News for “Erasing the Stigma,” a symposium that looked at how the community work together to better identify and help young adults struggling with mental illness.
There’s more work to do.
Which is why the Texas Department of State Health Services has launched Speak Your Mind Texas — a statewide conversation about mental health to spread the message that help is available and recovery is possible.
Community Conversations
Visit Speak Your Mind Texas for additional details as they become available
July 1 – Houston
July 8 – Kerrville
July 14 – McAllen/Edinburg
July 16 – Brownsville
July 21 – Midland/Odessa
July 23 – Abilene
July 24 – Lubbock
July 25 – Amarillo
July 28 – Tyler
July 29 – Lufkin
July 30 – Dallas
Aug. 12 – Waco/Temple
Aug. 13 – San Antonio
