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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
Programs designed to decrease the stigma are great however short term awareness programs generally aren't effective, if people really want to make a difference they should push for more education at a primary school level to teach children about mental illness and mental health where you have a captive audience... but that takes time and money.
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While I will agree that more could/should be done on an educational level; that doesn't mean this program didn't have merit. The one thing it did among my friends was opened a few of us up on Facebook to talk about feelings, and to remind our friends that we are here for them should they need somebody to talk to.
Obviously this didn't solve all the world's problems, but it was a good start.