Campaign for mental health

"She compared to the level of understanding regarding mental health issues as about the same as it was for cancer patients in the 1970s.

'Back then, you didn't talk about cancer, you didn't even say the word,' she said. 'People were afraid to talk about it with cancer patients because they were afraid they might upset them.'

Later, however, it was well understood that cancer patients needed an emotional support system that would be there for them throughout the course of the illness.

'And we need the same,' she said."

That's the second article in as many days I've seen compare mental health to cancer in the 70s. It seems that before they had breast cancer awareness ribbons and month and walks, people didn't want to talk about cancer. It was a big secret. So maybe, just maybe, mental illness can build on that model. We already have Out of the Darkness walks about suicide prevention. Do we have a ribbon color like all the cancers and other illnesses? Can we do a wear ___ color for mental illness? Or remember when you could wear jeans to work on Friday and they would donate money to, I think, heart disease? Is this what mental health needs? A campaign?