Trying to help people who are in denial is always a difficult thing but you have to conyinue to love them and show them that you are there for them. I have a history of clinical depression in my family and an uncle with schizophrenia. It is a difficult road to plow but what they need the most is a strong support system that will stand behind them regardless. Suicide rates amongst African Americans are soaring at an alarming rate because we don't see the legitimacy in mental illness. As a community we must get the word out that it is a medical condition no different that cancer or the hypertension too many of us have.
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