I Don't Want To Talk About It: or, on mental health

Overview

We treat mental illness as if it's a deviant or divergent characteristic, assuming that depression and the like only affect a small percentage of our national population. But the truth is, one in five Americans lives with some form of mental illness. How many more celebrity suicides before we acknowledge that it's a serious problem? How long can we feign surprise that so many are suffering?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781987069334
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	11/06/2018
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	94
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.23(d)

About the Author

A self-proclaimed freelance activist, Shereikis has extensive experience in both communications and public policy. His commitment to various humanitarian efforts has manifested through work with several public health organizations and one genocide prevention nonprofit, experiences that have shaped both this compilation and Shereikis' professional career.

Shereikis is also the author of a self-published poetry compilation, Square One, as well as a collection of reflections and personal essays entitled Renaissance Man. You can read more of his work at www.renaissancepress.news.