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Univision 41 to Air Special on Mental Illness
New York, NY -- As part of Univision’s Peabody award winning campaign, Salud es Vida…Entérate! (Lead a Healthy Life…Get the Facts!), Univision 41 (WXTV) will air a half-hour special on mental conditions that particularly affect U.S. Hispanics. Hosted by Univision Network news anchor Carmen Dominicci, the special “Enfoque…Su Salud Mental” (Focus…Your Mental Health) will air Saturday, June 25th at 10 a.m. This special will feature medical experts who will define the symptoms of various mental illnesses, treatments available, and will highlight organizations and community centers that provide resources and assistance.
According to a recent study from the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, Latinos are identified as a high-risk group for depression, anxiety and substance abuse.
Regrettably, fewer than one in eleven Latinos contact mental health care specialists; this number is higher among newly arrived immigrants. Studies have also found that young Latinos experience proportionately more anxiety-related and delinquency problem behaviors and depression than do non-Hispanic white youth. In the U.S. today, one in ten children suffer from a mental disorder severe enough to cause some level of impairment. The special will also feature interviews with patients suffering from mental illness, and how the treatment they are currently receiving has helped.
Mental illness includes conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and panic attacks, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. At the end of the special, “Enfoque…Su Salud Mental” will provide viewers with national resources and toll free hotlines where they can call for assistance and information on programs for these treatable disorders. Additional information will also be available on Entérate’s webpage by logging onto www.univision.net, keyword: Enterate.
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 85% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 27 Univision Network television stations and 1 non-Univision television station; TeleFutura Television Group, which owns and operates 33 TeleFutura Network television stations; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 66 radio stations in 17 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 27% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
For more information, please visit www.univision.net.
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Frankie Miranda
Univision WXTV 41/ New York
201-287-8800
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