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Students
Reach Out to Mental Health Patients
by Elizabeth Crumpler
Some UNC-CH Students are reaching out to
help mental health patients in Orange County
feel more included in the community.
Students make up roughly 30 percent of a
program called Compeer, which is run by the
Mental Health Association of Orange County.
Compeer coordinates friendships between trained
volunteers and patients being treated for
mental illness.
The program has won multiple awards for
the sense of security and trust it affords
patients through friendship. Executive director
Paula Hyman has seen first-hand the difference
Compeer makes.
“I see change in people,” Hyman
says. “I see people’s lives change
because of this.”
For more information or to get involved
in the Compeer program, click to visit the
MHAOC website. |
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