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Down & Up Show #56: Advocating for Mental Health

Dr. Reef Karim speaks with Sherri Walton, a volunteer mental health advocate and lobbyist who advocates for systems change in the public and private behavioral health care systems. Sherri speaks about her work and her personal experience with depression and the stigma that surrounds the disease. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Mental Health America of Arizona and the Chair of The Maricopa County Human Rights Committee for the Mentally Ill.

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