Mental Illness……Raising Awareness

Fact......bringing up the topic of mental illness during a conversation with friends or family will make most of them uncomfortable UNLESS they have a loved one who suffers with mental illness like a Personality Disorder, Anxiety, Psychotic Disorders, Severe Depression, etc.

Through all of the wonderful connections Pam has made through her book club, she discovered that one of her fellow members, Denise Sprung, had a brother who suffered from Bipolar Disorder and unfortunately took his own life in 2004. His name is Keith Milano, and to honor his memory, Denise and her husband Larry established the http://www.keithmilanomemorialfund.org/ which was established to help raise awareness about the devastating and deadly disease that is Mental Illness. In conjunction with the fund, the 10th Annual Keith Milano Memorial Golf Outing tees of on Monday, September 8th at the Indian Hills Country Club in Northport, New York to benefit The American Foundation For Suicide Prevention..afsp.com. For more details on the golf outing, check out an excerpt from our interview with Keith's brother-in-law, Larry Sprung. Thanks Larry!!