According to the National Institute of Mental Health, fewer than half of the17 million Americans who suffer from depression and manic depression each year seek any form of treatment, even though treatment helps 80 to 90 percent of those affected. It is open to the public free of charge. Yehieli has led students on medical mission trips through UNI's Global Health Corps program. In her Monday address, she will present a general overview of the issues, using case studies and slides from trips to Haiti and Venezuela. Some of these cities are ringed with shanty towns, with people often living in cardboard boxes and lean-tos, and with no access to clean water or sewers.
Many infectious diseases run rampant.
She says their nutritional status drops because they can no longer grow food. They are trapped where they cannot afford to buy, or where half of their money may be going just for food and water. She says it is often women and children who live in these squalid conditions. An opening reception at the University of Northern Iowa's Kamerick Art Gallery will be held Wednesday, Oct. 6 in honor of John Hitchcock , whose work will be on display through Oct. 26. He focuses on concepts such as nature, birth, youth, adulthood and the contemplation of one's own existencethrough mixed media, installation and assemblage.