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Opinion: Careful of how you treat the mentally ill

Anjana Freeman, center, Gainesville Police Department's mental health clinician, stands on the front step of a home with Officer Natalia Ramirez. Freeman works to connect people with resources and follow up with families in need of mental health or substance abuse help. - photo by Gainesville Police Department

PROGRESSclinician1 — Anjana Freeman, center, Gainesville Police Department's mental health clinician, stands on the front step of a home with Officer Natalia Ramirez. Freeman works to connect people with resources and follow up with families in need of mental health or substance abuse help. - photo by Gainesville Police Department

I want to express the importance of learning and understanding about mental health — also how it may affect our physical and mental parts of our body.