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Jonny Benjamin, who started the Find Mike campaign, is spreading awareness of mental illness by using videos to reach young people and sharing positive stories

“If someone had just come and spoken with me saying this is what mental health is, I don’t think I would have got to that moment on the bridge when I did.”

Jonny Benjamin, a mental health campaigner with schizoaffective disorder, explains the motivation behind his new initiative ThinkWell. The campaign aims to bring honest, open discussion about mental health into schools to help tackle the healthcare failures and stigma that once led him to the brink of suicide.

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from Voluntary Sector Network | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1TnEiSS

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