Mental health talk at CSS Thursday

A Hermantown native and graduate of the College of St. Scholastica who now speaks nationwide about his personal struggle with depression will return to the CSS campus Thursday to speak to students.
St. Scholastica’s chapter of Active Minds, a nonprofit mental health advocacy group, will host 2014 social work graduate David Romano at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Mitchell Auditorium. His talk, titled “It Wasn’t Supposed to Happen to Me,” is free and open to the public.
After being diagnosed with depression in high school, Romano struggled with the stigma that often surrounds mental health problems, the college reported in a news release. Because of his own experiences, he became committed to helping others realize it’s OK to seek help.
“I really want my audiences to start that conversation on mental health; open up that dialogue,” Romano said in a news release. “That’s the only way that the stigma surrounding mental health can be destroyed, and we can start to be happy with ourselves and proud of who we are.”