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Michael Piazza

Born:
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: He lived in Chicago and had a MFA from the school of Art and Architecture of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Biography: Piazza was a Chicago-based visual artist and writer who taught art, culture and education at Columbia College Chicago and DePaul University. He is the co-founder of Axe Street Arena Artists Collective.


Awards:

Michael Piazza on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=michael+piazza


Selected Titles

New world (dis)orders and peripheral strains :
ISBN: 1877636169 OCLC: 39677760

MARCH/Abrazo Press, Chicago : ©1998.

World Health Report 2001 :
ISBN: 9789241562010 OCLC: 437176322

World Health Organization, Geneva : 2001.

An estimated 400 million people suffer from mental or neurological disorders or from psychosocial problems such as those related to alcohol and drug abuse. Many of them suffer silently. Many suffer alone. Many never receive treatment of any kind. Between the suffering and the prospect of care stand the barriers of stigma, prejudice, shame and exclusion. In devoting The World Health Report 2001 to mental health, WHO is making one clear, emphatic statement. Mental health - neglected for far too long - is crucial to the overall well-being of individuals, societies and countries and must be univer.

 

 

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