The city of Los Angeles recently commissioned May as Mental Health Is Health Month and honored singer and long-time mental health advocate Jhené Aiko as an ambassador for the cause.

In collaboration with the office of councilmember Nithya Raman, Didi Hirsch proclaimed May as Mental Health Is Health Month (MHIHM) in Los Angeles. Didi Hirsch is the nation’s leading Suicide Prevention Center and a premier holistic mental health care provider.

“Whenever I was feeling unpleasant feelings, that’s what I would turn to. And I’m like 90 pounds, so stuff like that really affects me … I started having liver problems and kidney problems. It was really affecting me mentally, too. Every time I was performing, even on those late-night shows, I was on something.”

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