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Date & Time 10/06/2015 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
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RSVP Deadline 10/05/2015 1:00 PM
Available Seats 105
Description
When we think about cancer, heart disease, or diabetes, we don't wait years to treat them. We start before way before Stage 4. We begin with prevention. And when people are in the first stage of those diseases, and have a persistent cough, high blood pressure, or high blood sugar, we try to immediately reverse those symptoms. This is what we should be doing when people have serious mental illnesses, too. When they first begin to experience symptoms such as loss of sleep, feeling tired for no reason, feeling low, feeling anxious, or hearing voices, we should act.

These early symptoms might not ever become serious. Like a cough, they often go away on their own, and are nothing to fear. But when they do not go away, it typically takes ten years from the time they first appear until someone gets a correct diagnosis and proper treatment.

This means that by ignoring them, we lose ten years in which we could intervene in order to change people’s lives for the better. During most of these years most people still have supports that allow them to succeed - home, family, friends, school, and work. So people can often recover quickly, and live full and productive lives.

Join MHA and special guests, Sandy Hook Promise, for the evening on October 6th. Doors will be open for networking and hors d'oeuvres at 5:15 p.m. Executive Director, Liz Atwell will provide a welcoming address at 5:45. Hear the stories of families from Sandy Hook Promise- be inspired by their stories and desire to help build healthy and resillient youth. See our friends and colleagues be honored and hear our "Call to Action" to do more.

Registration is required and open until all seats are reserved-space is limited and you will not want to miss this special evening with MHA and Sandy Hook Promise.

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