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BROOKE SHIELDS PHOTO BY GETTY/ MIKE PONT; SHERYL CROW PHOTO BY GETTY/ LARRY MARANO; JON HAMM PHOTO BY GETTY/JIM SPELLMAN Breaking the Stigma terriﬁed me," she told Oprah Winfrey after publishing her 2005 memoir, Down Came the Rain, about her struggles with postpartum depression. After speaking with her doctor and taking medications, she began to see change and wanted to be around her baby. And, in 2006, when she had her second child, Shields enjoyed a completely diﬀerent postpartum experience- happy and depression-free. SHERYL CROW The Grammy Award-winning singer knows that depression is a part of who she is. "At its worst," she said in a 2008 interview, "there was a six-month period in my 20s when I couldn't dress, days when I couldn't leave the house." She found therapy and medications beneﬁcial. "But depression is a chemical thing that some people go through," she said. "It's always been part of my life." Today, Crow ﬁnds ways to keep her life in balance. After a public split from cyclist Lance Armstrong in 2006, followed by a breast cancer diagnosis just weeks later, Crow saw an opportunity to refocus on herself. "I think one of the reasons I got ill is that I ran my business and everything else in my life with the concept that everybody had to be happy, and everybody's needs came before mine," she told Prevention in 2011. "I really learned my lesson. ... Just the act of saying no is showing yourself respect." JON HAMM Mad Men's leading man said he struggled greatly when his father died. Hamm was 20 at the time. "I was ... unmoored by that," he told the British newspaper The Observer. "I was in bad shape." He found help with medication as well as therapy, of which he said: "It gives you another perspective when you are so lost in your own spiral." Hamm also said work helped him recover. "I knew I had to get back in school and back in some kind of structured environment and ... continue." I Mental health problems and treatment have been portrayed in a negative light for quite some time in the media. Examples are movies such as The Snake Pit, Wonderland and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. And news reports often focus on stories of people with mental disorders going on shooting rampages. Most of these portrayals are incorrect. In fact, research shows that people with mental illness are much more likely to be victims of crime than perpetrators of violence. As a result, many people are afraid of the stigma associated with seeking treatment for emotional and mental health problems. But help is available. Advancements in medicine and research have brought about many new and improved medications and empirically validated therapeutic techniques. As a result of these advances, people no longer need to suffer. They can now choose to overcome their difficulties rather than suffering in silence. -David D. Seaton, PCRMC Psy.D. VIDEO Stories of Hope and Recovery In a video series from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, public figures including actress Glenn Close, sports journalist John Saunders and former Sen. Gordon Smith share personal stories about mental illness. To watch the videos, and for more resources, visit mentalhealth.gov. SUMME R 2015 FdVVSU1576_09-48_Commons.indd 19 FdVVSU1500_14-21_HealthyMind.indd 19 19 3/25/15 1:23 PM 1/28/15 11:02 AM http://www.mentalhealth.gov

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