I should like to point out something about the Boston-centered Me2/Orchestra in particular. This cause appeals to amateur musicians who also happen to be professionals in the business of mental health care, and so the orchestra has a fair number of members who are psychiatrists, psychotherapists, social workers, nurses, medical technicians, and the like -- as they support the removal of the stigma from the mental health issue. And Boston, as a major metropolitan center and the home of so many colleges and universities, has a particularly large number of such practitioners.
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