Breaking the Hemingway Curse: Beating Depression, Addiction and the Suicide Gene

Breaking the Hemingway Curse: Beating Depression, Addiction and the Suicide Gene

MI Healthy Mind sits down with Mariel Hemingway on Sunday, July 24th

DETROIT, July 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Mariel Hemingway comes from a long line of great, but troubled, souls where suicide was so common, that it had to be more than just coincidence. Until very recently, the tendency of depression, addiction and suicide to run in families was little understood. But in 2014, scientists identified the GENETIC BIOMARKER that unquestionably contributes to these kinds of mental illness.

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MI Healthy Mind premieres its new season in an exclusive interview with Oscar-Nominated Actress, Author and Mental Health Advocate Mariel Hemingway this Sunday, July 24, 2016 at noon on WMYD - TV 20 Detroit.

Renaissance woman Mariel Hemingway is not only an iconic Academy Award nominated actor from a celebrated family, she is a prolific author, adventurist, eco activist, healthy lifestyle and mental health advocate. She recently sat down with MI Healthy Mind co-host Elizabeth Atkins to share her personal and profound story of growing up as a 'Hemingway' and how she moved from surviving to thriving. In addition, Dr. Greden, Executive Director of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Depression Center explains how genetics contributes to these kinds of mental illness which get passed on from one generation to the next.

Share in Mariel's story this Sunday on the season three premier of MI Healthy Mind. Sponsored by Team Wellness Center, MI, Healthy Mind invites viewers to submit mental health and wellness topics of interest to Listening@MIHealthyMind.com. For more information about opportunities for guest appearances and advertising, visit www.MiHealthyMind.com.

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About Team Wellness Center
Team Wellness Center provides comprehensive behavioral services and physical care for individuals with severe and chronic mental illness in southeastern Michigan. The Center's clinics in Southgate and Detroit's Eastern Market offer psychiatry, primary care, social work, housing and employment assistance, substance abuse treatment, faith- based treatment, and more. All mental health care services, programs and groups are provided using the person -centered planning process with individualized treatment plans available for both short and long -term mental health problems. Established in 2002, Team Wellness Center is an accredited provider of the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation (CARF) since 2003. For more information, visit www.TeamWellnessCenter.com or call 313 -396- 5300.

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