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NAMI Clackamas: early conversation and local free services can reduce stigma and speed help, presenter tells school board
Summary
Representatives from NAMI Clackamas described free classes, peer support and community programs designed to reduce mental‑health stigma and provide no‑cost assistance, and urged schools to host presentations and student clubs to open conversations about mental health.
A representative of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) affiliate serving Clackamas County gave the Lake Oswego School District board a briefing on local, no‑cost mental‑health supports and outreach methods aimed at reducing stigma and increasing timely help.
Marsh Key (NAMI) told the board that people on average wait more than a decade to seek help…
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