By Wayne Drash, CNN
Updated 11:01 AM ET, Sat January 17, 2015
(CNN)Too often the nation only hears about mental illness when tragedy strikes. But there are warriors for mental wellness in many fields, fighting for better treatment and working to defy stigma. CNN highlights nine fighters, from the famous to the everyman, who are making a difference.
I’m surprised President Obama didn’t have anything to say about mental heath considering all the stories of shootings last year alone. Two paranoid schizophrenics kill their families, I can imagine what society takes from it.