She also wrote Let the Church Say Amen, which became a movie directed by veteran actress Regina King.Billingsley has received the NAACP Image Award and No. They also will explore how black communities in particular hide mental illness and should work to change perceptions in order to better treat the condition.The panel also will include a National Alliance on Mental Illness official, a Dallas police behavioral health representative, and a mental health advocate and researcher.Among Billingsley's more than 35 books is the novel The Secret She Kept, which explores the effect of bipolar disorder on a marriage, a family and an individual. TeCo Theatrical Productions and The Well Community - a faith-based nonprofit that helps people recover from mental illness - are co-sponsoring the event.Billingsley, a former TV news journalist from Houston, and others on the panel will discuss findings and experiences aimed at removing the stigma around mental illness and promoting lasting, effective treatment methods. No one must know.That's a common public attitude that award-winning and best-selling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley will tackle when she takes part in a Dallas panel discussion called "The Secrets We Keep: Destigmatizing Mental Illness."The panel will convene at 3 p.m. You must not talk about it or acknowledge it. Mental illness.Shhh! Don't say that too loudly.
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