Melissa Pinto-Foltz Studies Ways to Help Teens Overcome Fears and Stigmas of Mental Illness
Part of nationwide efforts to combat a serious public health issue
Posted 6/7/11
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Melissa Pinto-Foltz, PhD, RN |
"About one in five Americans has a mental illness, with half of these individuals first experiencing symptoms of mental illness in their teen years," says Melissa Pinto-Foltz, PhD, RN, a KL2 Clinical Research Scholar and FPB instructor.
She is looking for a way to help teens who are experiencing troubling changes in moods or emotions to speak up, seek help, and then stick with treatments that get them feeling better. They tend to fear sharing their blue days with their families and adults who can help them, and as a consequence, they often suffer in silence.
Dr. Pinto-Foltz's research contributes to efforts nationwide to combat a public health issue, stigma and mental health literacy, made a priority in a U.S. Surgeon General's Report and the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.
Source: Case Western Reserve University
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