Emily “Emmy” Murillo was about 4 years old when she started having trouble regulating her moods. She was diagnosed with ADHD and various drugs were tried, but they made her worse. Emmy spent years in therapy and trying to find the right medications. When she was 9, Emmy had her first manic episode. “She was…
“At the age of 15, I ended up in my first psychiatric hospital,” said Geri Genovese. “I strugggled with severe depression and I started to use alcohol to self-medicate. I attemped suicide several times during my adolscence and young adulthood. My whole growing up was in and out of 11 hospitals.” “Everybody who knew me…
Two sisters created the AIR Club at West Windsor Plainsboro High School South this school year to increase mental health awareness and Attitudes In Reverse’s message for their peers. Mary Nielsen, a junior, and Elizabeth Nielsen, a senior, run the school club, which will be supporting AIR and participating in Mental Health Action Day on…
Attitudes in Reverse continued the conversations about good mental health and suicide prevention with Shepard Smith on Fox News for World Mental Health Day.
