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'SHE'LL HELP ME HELP.' PTSD, TRAUMA SURVIVOR TONJA MYLES, ON ANGOLA'S PAWS PROGRAM EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DOG
“THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND MENTAL HEALTH IS COMPLICATED,” SAYS TONJA MYLES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SET FREE INDEED. “MANY HAVE FACED SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION, PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION, WHICH HAS CREATED A SPIKE IN MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES SUCH AS HIGHER RISKS OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER,” SHE SAYS.
“IT’S SO GREAT FOR ME TO SEE THIS IN MY LIFETIME, WHERE IT’S ONE MISSION, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS HOW WE GET THINGS DONE,” MYLES SAID.