{"id":73,"date":"2008-10-12T15:24:29","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T19:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/?p=73"},"modified":"2024-07-19T02:07:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T06:07:43","slug":"mrs-united-states-breaks-the-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/mrs-united-states-breaks-the-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. United States ‘Breaks the Silence’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Gariane Gunter, a psychiatrist in South Carolina recently crowned Mrs. United States, will dedicate her reign to raising public awareness about mental illness<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Gunter is currently teaching “Breaking the Silence,” a curriculum designed by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), to all fifth grade classes at an elementary school in her hometown.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.btslessonplans.org<\/a><\/p>\n

“Just one lesson on mental illness could make all the difference in the lives of young people whose lives have been thrown tragically off course by no fault brain disorders<\/em> such as: Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Panic Disorder.”<\/p>\n

“Much of the stigma associated with mental illness is a fear of the unknown.”<\/p>\n

“Teaching our children that mental illness is a physical illness<\/em> affecting the brain and making them aware of potential signs and symptoms will help replace stigma with compassion<\/em> and encourage them to reach out for help if they should ever need it.”<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nami.org\/press-releases\/mrs-united-states-breaks-the-silence-during-mental-illness-awareness-week\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Gariane Gunter, a psychiatrist in South Carolina recently crowned Mrs. United States, will dedicate her reign to raising public awareness about mental illness. Gunter is currently teaching “Breaking the Silence,” a curriculum designed by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), to all fifth grade classes at an elementary school in her hometown. http:\/\/www.btslessonplans.org\u2026 Read More: Mrs. United States ‘Breaks the Silence’ »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6,131,56,19],"class_list":["post-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","tag-children","tag-education","tag-physical","tag-stigma"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1496,"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions\/1496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}