Jilisa Snyder: Ending the stigma of mental illness

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jilisa Snyder, Ph.D., who is clinical director of the Brattleboro Retreat’s Anna Marsh Clinic.
On Aug. 20 the Brattleboro Reformer published an article about the Brattleboro Retreat’s Annual Ride For Heroes, a motorcycle rally and fundraiser for the hospital’s Uniformed Service Program. On that day, Windham County Sheriff Keith Clark did a courageous thing: He publicly shared his story of experiencing a major depression, his decision t