From the Publisher’s Desk “The Handshake of Hope”

• By: Ira H. Minot, LMSW Behavioral Health News
• January 1st, 2017
• depression, homelessness, lived experience, mental health recovery, peer support, stigma, suicide prevention, supportive housing
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With the holiday’s only a month or so away, I recall a true story I wrote about several years ago in this publication. It began with, “Let me tell you a story about a simple handshake that saved the life of a man from New York suffering with mental illness.” The year was 1987 and he was 38...