Described as “a bold new approach” by President Kennedy, the Community Mental Health Act was the first federal law to encourage community-based mental health care. The Act provided grants to states for the construction …
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Mental Illness Awareness Week
In 1990, the U.S. Congress established the first full week of October as Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) in recognition of NAMI’s efforts to raise mental illness awareness. Since then, mental health advocates across the country have joined with others in their communities to sponsor activities, large or small, for public education about mental illness. […]
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder: Men and Women …
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Back from the brink: Service dog is 'lifeline' for PTSD vet (News …
News10ABC – News10.Net March 27, 2013. C. Johnson. An Iraq veteran who made it home OK but suffered for years afterward from his war experiences credits a service dog with saving him. “I was helpless, emotionally set down and I had …
Are mental illnesses such as PMS and depression culturally …
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