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8News Special: The Faces of Recovery
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WRIC) — An estimated 300,000 people are living with a mental illness in our region. Carla Heath is just one of them. “I started to believe somewhere in there that my teeth had been...
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Faces of Recovery: Veterans with PTSD
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new documentary called ‘Thank You for Your Service’ sheds light on challenges military veterans face after years of intense training and war. William Rodriguez lived it. “I...
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Faces of Recovery: Local resources for Central Virginians
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — 8News continues to raise awareness about people fighting and winning their battles with mental illness in the Richmond area. 8News Anchor Amy Lacey spoke with Kathy Harkey,...
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Faces of Recovery: Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WRIC) — Heather Pate is listening to a favorite song and writing like she often does. It is a form of expression for all of her personalities. “When I think I’ve gotten to where I...
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Faces of Recovery: Mental health battles after birth
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Early lunch-goers are crowding Cafe Zata in Westover Hills. As they order their meals, sip on coffee and snack on pastries, Abby Dini sits among them, reflecting on how far she...
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Inmates in crisis: Have jails become mental health facilities?
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Barbara Harris’ heart is overflowing. She feels so much joy talking about her grandchildren. “I have five grandkids, two granddaughters and three grandsons, and I love them with...
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Faces of Recovery: Sex abuse survivors find hope in horses
DOSWELL, Va. (WRIC) — Marcus Harris steps into the ring with two horses, and each step they take is deliberate. Each bin and ball of the obstacle course represents wounds that sometimes decades later...
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Faces of Recovery: Acupuncture offers alternative to opioids
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Brittany Stigall sits back and breathes out as needles are inserted into her ear. This is a milestone moment for her. However, with the good comes a battle she has been fighting...
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Faces of Recovery: Advocates make calls for mental health change
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WRIC) — It has been thirteen years since Justin Myers took his own life, and his mother Pat Myers still remembers how helpless she felt as she watched him struggle. “You just don’t...
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Faces of Recovery: Does Virginia need more mental health resources?
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Heather LaRossa’s dog April is her lifeline. She describes her childhood as ‘one trauma after another.’ As an adult, four spine surgeries ended her truck driver and horse...
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Faces of Recovery: Chesterfield teen uses #UMatterChallenge to take suicide...
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WRIC) — Alex Chaffee is a high school student on a mission to change the way her classmates think about mental illness. “Personally, I’ve dealt with suicidal thoughts, I’ve...
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NAMI awards honor champions for mental health
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Several people were honored Thursday for their work to break down barriers for people with mental illness in the local community. Police officers, advocates and others who...
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Chesterfield woman’s suicide attempt left her paralyzed, determined to help...
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WRIC) — Jenny Maher does not often know what she is going to create when she sits down with a paintbrush and canvas. She likes to find inspiration with each stroke but always tries...
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Women of Chesterfield County Jail’s message of recovery
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