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San Ignacio Hospital for Mental Health has been closed since June 2019 due to the lack of funding. There is still a need for our services in the community—especially those who cannot afford proper medical treatment for mental illness. We have been fielding calls and even visits to the facility only to turn people away….

Depression is a loosely used term when someone feels sad or “down.” But when the sadness is intense and gives the feeling of being helpless or hopeless, and lasts for a prolonged period of time (from many days to weeks) one might have clinical depression. A 2005 study found the national prevalence of depression in…

According to the 2002 Mexican National Comorbidity Survey, fewer than one in five respondents with any psychiatric disorder during the last 12 months used any service during the prior year. The rates of service use by those with mood disorders were somewhat higher. About one in every two respondents who used services received minimally adequate…