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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Allison Arwady

Chicago is making strides when it comes to talking about mental health

Material handed out during a mental health equity event at Senn High School in Edgewater in August 2022. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

My 2023 wish for Chicago is that we all talk more about mental health, every day, not just after a crisis. Mental health is health, and I don’t want people’s struggles with it to go unspoken.

That’s why under the leadership of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) has expanded access to mental health services to reach 15 times as many residents as in 2019.

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