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Jon state mental health leaders, MPB for virtual screening, discussion

Jackson Advocate - 7/16/2021

JANS - Join Mississippi Public Broadcasting and some of the state's top mental health leaders for a free virtual screening of the documentary Mysteries of Mental Illness at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 29. A Uve panel discussion reviewing conditions, treatments, and more will follow. Online attendees can ask questions during the event.

Registration is required at mpbonline.org or via Eventbrite.

Desare Frazier, MPB Senior News Reporter, will moderate the discussion with state mental health leaders. Those leaders are:

* Joy Hogge - FamiUes as Alhes

* Dr. Susan Buttross - University of Mississippi Medical Center

* Wendy Bailey - Mississippi Department of Mental Health

* Sitaniel Wimbley - NAMI Mississippi

Mysteries of Mental Illness is a four-part series that explores the evolution in understanding and the dramatic attempts across generations to unravel the difficult questions surrounding mental illness people have grappled with throughout history: What causes it? And how it is best treated?

The PBS series will air on MPB Television at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 22 and on Wednesday, June 23. Afterward, the series will stream online and on the PBS Video App. Individuals can watch the series before MPB's June 29 virtual event or-stream the series at a later date.