CHAPEL HILL—People from from all over North Carolina came to Chapel Hill on Saturday at the 37-th annual legislative breakfast on mental health to exchange ideas about how to make this a better place to live for people with different forms of mental illness.
“I'm confident that we are on the right path to achieve a really outstanding resolve for the citizens of NC,” said Dave Richard, NC Deputy Sec. of Behavioral Health and Developmental disabilities Services.
Changing minds and getting help doesn't come over night. It comes in steps and with the use of different methods.
Some people use music.
“It's a way to beat stigma of mental illness to get pass the labels mental illness, and it is empowering process and therapeutic,” said attendee Grayson Bowen.
North Carolina lawmakers and advocates are working together to make life better for those who suffer and parents of the mentally ill say that it is needed.
“People are in crisis and that people are feeling discriminated against. It is time North Carolina works together to find real solutions for real problems around mental health,” said Julie Bailey, Co-Chairperson for the 37th Legislative Breakfast on Mental Health.
The 38th legislative breakfast is already being planned for next year and it is scheduled for April 2016.