WASHINGTON -- Today U.S. Representative Sue Myrick will host a hearing to raise awareness of mental health disorders.

At the hearing, experts will testify to the advances that have improved treatment options for brain diseases like depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.

For more than a decade now, Rep. Myrick has watched her granddaughter struggle with bipolar disorder, and, as a result, drug addiction. She has worked to get her granddaughter help, but it has been a daily battle for her and her family.

Because of the stigma attached to brain disease, Myrick feels that many people struggling with brain diseases are not getting treatment that could help them lead a healthy, normal life.