Article: Group fights stigma of mental illness.

Article: The Shine Initiative's bright evening.
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);  November 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the benefit of The Shine Initiative, a philanthropic ... those suffering from mental illness in the region and ... and chairman of The Shine Initiative Advisory Board ... faced by those with mental illness was made just a little ...

Article: Shine Initiative's Keep Your Mind Open.
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);  December 31, 2008 ;     376 words ...The Shine Initiative, a project of Fidelity Bank, presented the comedic talents of ... competitive championship trivia challenge. The program focuses on mental illness, and funds benefit public education, scientific research and health ...

Article: Vodacom unveils Simu ya Watu 'shoe shine' ...
Africa & The Middle East Telecom;  September 1, 2007 ;     532 words ...Vodacom Tanzania is looking to create more jobs in the capital Dar es Salaam via a self-employment initiative with its community phone service Simu ya Watu (People's Phone). Under the scheme, Vodacom hopes people will resell phone services by offering a "fixed payphone" connected to the operator's

Article: New chief at Boys & Girls Club; More programs, activities slated.
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);  May 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... SHINE Initiative. The SHINE Initiative is a nonprofit organization ... shining a light" on mental illness. The mission of the SHINE Initiative includes increasing awareness ... decreasing the stigma of mental illness, supporting scientific ...

Article: COLUMN: Mental illness portrayal often negative in ...
University Wire;  November 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... media portrayal and exploitation of mental illness was inevitable. A persistent and damaging ... perception is that all individuals with a mental illness are violent. The Virginia Tech tragedy ... mother who possibly suffers from a mental illness. One headline read "Baby dies after ...

Article: Mental illness and the demand for alcohol, cocaine, ...
Economic Inquiry;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... reports that the indirect costs of mental illness were $79 billion in 1990, and in ... spent $69 billion on treatment of mental illness. Also, about 112,000 deaths in ... least $50 billion per year. Both mental illness and the consumption of addictive goods ...

Article: Mental illness and the dental patient.(CE Course)
Journal of Dental Hygiene;  June 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... one in five Americans will have a mental illness and about one in three will have a mental illness at some time in their life. For most ... chronic condition. Common as it is, mental illness is often unrecognized and misunderstood ...