July is “National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month,” and for those of us who have lost friends, family to suicide, it’s a stark reminder that mental health is every bit as important as physical health. But for some reason, it hides in the shadows.Why there still seems to be a stigma attached to mental illness as opposed to a physical illness, I have no idea.It’s as if we can more easily explain away a physical ailment than a mental handicap.“I have a bum knee” is easier to say, for many, than is, “I’m suffering from extreme depression.” No matter that ...