NYC’s first lady urges reporters to tackle mental health issues [healthjournalism.org]
Chirlane McCray is passionate about mental health. The first lady of New York City openly discusses how mental illness has affected her own family, including diseases like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, PTSD and a relative who died by suicide. She brought that passion to her Oct. 19 lunchtime keynote at AHCJ’s Urban Health Journalism Workshop . McCray founded ThriveNYC , a broad-based mental health initiative designed to reach deep into communities throughout the five boroughs and...