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Ross Szabo is the Director of Youth Outreach for the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign. He has a vast amount of experience in dealing with and educating others about mental health. Ross was diagnosed with bipolar disorder with anger control problems and psychotic features at age 16. He was hospitalized for wanting to take his own life in high school and had to take a leave of absence from college due to bipolar disorder. He eventually returned to American University and graduated cum laude with a degree in psychology. He is the only person in the country who has spoken to over half a million young people about mental health issues in the past 5 years and has a book titled, "Behind Happy Faces; Taking Charge of Your Mental Health," published in August of 2007.