EBD Blog

Writing in Wednesday Journal, Daniel J. Kill calls on citizens of his area to support efforts to secure adequate funding for mental health services. Mr. Kill, who is president and CEO of the Family Service & Mental Health Center of Oak Park and River Forest (IL, US), takes advantage of Mental Illness Awareness Week

As many as 10 percent of our children suffer from an emotional disturbance, and half of these children will drop out of school. There are more inmates in Illinois prisons with a mental illness than there are in all of the psychiatric hospitals in the state combined. As many as one quarter of Illinois residents are affected by a mental health issue in a given year. Mental illnesses do not discriminate by race, gender or ethnicity. All of us know someone who is suffering.

Link to Mr. Kill’s editorial. Link to the Web site for the Family Service & Mental Health Center of Oak Park & River Forest.