NAMImobile hits Ottawa

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By Sam Shriver, Video Journalist - bio | email

For more information on mental health issues you can check out NAMI's website it's www.namiohio.org .

Raising awareness about mental illness is the goal of the National Alliance on Mental Illness or NAMI.

Representatives of NAMI were in Ottawa today at the municipal parking lot with their NAMImobile, a travelling billboard which offers information on mental health issues.

Mike Ruhe, director of Mental Health, Alcohol, Drug Addiction Recovery Board of Putnam County says many people don't seek treatment for mental illness due to the perceived stigma.

For more information on mental health issues you can check out NAMI's website it's www.namiohio.org .