Mental health professionals urge discussion as awareness month approaches

As Katelyn Kirby described her interest in psychology, she expressed a wide-sweeping curiosity that the subject seemed to nourish.

“You get to learn about the way people think and why people do what they do,” said Kirby, a junior majoring in psychology at Stephen F. Austin State University. Kirby also serves as an intern with Angelina Mental Health Services, part of Burke’s mental health system, in Lufkin.

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