Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The purpose of Mental Health Awareness Month is to raise awareness and educate the public about: mental illnesses, such as the 18.1% of Americans who suffer from depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder; [14] the realities of living with these conditions; and strategies for attaining mental health and wellness.
An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research relating to psychiatric disorders and to aid in the development of more effective methods of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of such disorders, and for other purposes. The National Mental Health Act (1946) became law on July 3, 1946. It established and provided funds for ...
The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 was an initiative aimed at enhancing and broadening community based health services across the country. Yet its influence was brief as it was only in effect for 10 months. Changes in politics during the 1980s resulted in its removal and a notable decrease in government backing for health programs.
An Act to provide assistance in combating mental retardation through grants for construction of research centers and grants for facilities for the mentally retarded and assistance in improving mental health through grants for construction of community mental health centers, and for other purposes. Nicknames. Community Mental Health Act of 1963.
Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 117–159 (text) (PDF) The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is a United States federal law, passed during the 117th United States Congress. It implemented several changes to the mental health system, school safety programs, and gun control laws.
Mental health, as defined by the Public Health Agency of Canada, [6] is an individual's capacity to feel, think, and act in ways to achieve a better quality of life while respecting personal, social, and cultural boundaries. [7] Impairment of any of these are risk factor for mental disorders, or mental illnesses, [8] which are a component of ...
World Mental Health Day (10 October) is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. [ 1 ] It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries. [ 2 ]
Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. A law to provide for mental healthcare and services for people with mental illness and to protect, promote and fulfil the rights of such people during delivery of mental healthcare and services and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. In India, the Mental Health Care Act 2017 was passed on 7 April ...