October is National Mental Illness Awareness Week October 6-12 and October 10 is National Depression Screening Day. More than 61 million Americans — 1 in 4 — suffer from mental illness. And the CDC recently reported suicides among boomers has increased 47-59% over the last three years – one reason cited was caring for an older parent. Caregivers often suffer from depression and feel stigmatized when caring for a loved one with mental illness. Read the interviews and mental health stories all month long:

Interview with Glenn Close – caregiver to a sister with bi-polar disorder

Interview with  Catherine Zeta Jones – living with bi-polar disorder

Read the article about caring for a veteran with invisible wounds of PTSD and TBI

Find more information on mental health from the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI)