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The Locals: Combating the stigma of mental illness through poetry

Pat Lake of Lakeshore Road knows what it’s like to ride the roller coaster of emotions be-tween despair and hope. For years, she suffered from an undiagnosed bi-polar disorder and the depression that comes with it. “At the time, the advice from my doctor was to go home and think your problems out and it’ll get better,” she recalls, shaking her head.

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