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Editorial: Reach Out Day offers opportunity to improve mental health awareness

Those in need of assistance with a mental condition go to the Laurelwood intake lobby for an assessment. The lobby is located near the emergency room at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers

02152018 SUICIDE 4.jpg — Those in need of assistance with a mental condition go to the Laurelwood intake lobby for an assessment. The lobby is located near the emergency room at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers

When the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce holds its annual HealthSmart Expo on Oct. 16, the focus will be on mental health, with speakers and seminars addressing that particular aspect of personal wellbeing. The timing of that programming is not accidental.