Obama calls for end to mental illness stigma

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Actor Bradley Cooper speaks at the closing session of the National Conference on Mental Health, Monday, June 3, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington. The conference is part of the Administration’s effort to launch a national conversation to increase understanding and awareness of mental health. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that he wants to end the stigma of mental illness and enrolled the star power of actors Bradley Cooper and Glenn Close at a White House conference organized in response to the December shootings at a Connecticut elementary school.

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