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It’s a problem impossible to ignore. Millions of people visit the emergency room every year with mental disorders as their primary diagnosis.
A University of Washington program partnering with community health organizations is getting students and teens involved in providing support, to resounding success.
Twenty-year-old Bruno Flores is a University of Washington (UW) graduate, he majored in psychology.
“I’m Hispanic, I was born in Mexico, came here when I was four years old,” he said.
For Flores, Washington is home.
“This is my country, I grew up here,” he said.
Flores said he and his siblings would bring up mental health to their parents, but they were often shut down.
“For the male side of the culture, it’s very macho. Be a man, don’t cry,” said Flores.
Now, Flores is trying to address mental health in minority teens through UW’s Mental Health Matters program.
“The primary goal is to…”
