New NAMI Blog: Major League Baseball Leads the Way in Mental Health Support for Athletes; Cy Young Champ, Others Inspire Fans New blog entry shares encouraging developments in Major League Baseball’s changing attitudes about mental illness Arlington, VA (PRWEB) October 25, 2010 In the latest NAMI Blog entry, Mike Fitzpatrick, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, shares some encouraging developments in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) changing attitudes about mental illness. “Stigma can be a barrier to anyone seeking mental health treatment, but as a society that holds professional athletes up on pedestals, I think we sometimes forget that athletes face many of the same challenges that can affect any of us in our personal lives, including mental illness,” Fitzpatrick writes. Fitzpatrick’s blog entry parallels a feature story published in the NAMI Advocate magazine. “Athletes and Mental Illness: Major League Baseball Steps Up to the Plate” explores

By NOEL K. GALLAGHER Staff Writer For the first time, the Lake Arrowhead Community is asking towns to pay to help fight a variable-leaf milfoil invasion in Lake Arrowhead.

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