The Jacksonville Community Council has identified mental-health treatment as an area in need of improvement on the First Coast. This hour-long program focuses on barriers people with mental illness face to getting treatment. A panel of mental health practitioners and advocates helped unpack the social and policy-related obstacles people with mental illness face. Panelists are Lutheran Services Florida Health Systems Vice President Christine Cauffield, Mental Health America Northeast Florida Executive Director Denise Marzullo, Daniel Memorial CEO Jim Clark and Freedom to Be Me founder Rico Bodin. WJCT’s Melissa Ross hosted this live event on May 28 at 8 p.m.

Sponsored by: Lakeview Health
Photos by Bonnie Zerr, WJCT