Brenda Kosky is the 2015 Outstanding Adult Consumer Advocate. She overcame depression, homelessness, incarceration and family estrangement to become a beloved and effective mental health advocate for people with severe mental illness. She died in January at age 55 after a brief illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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