Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 5-11, 2003

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President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America
This final report from the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health presents the findings of the Commission and identifies six goals to serve as the foundation for transforming mental health care in America. The report discusses each goal in depth, showcases model programs to illustrate the goals, and provides specific recommendations for achieving the goals.

Before You Label People, Look At Their Contents
This brochure explains how stigma affects the lives of people with mental illness and suggests steps for ending it.

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, 1999
This first-ever report on mental health from the U.S. Surgeon General asserts that mental health is a public health issue that must be addressed by the Nation and urges Americans to seek treatment for mental health problems.

Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity
This supplement to the 1999 Surgeon General's report on mental health discusses the disparities that persons from different cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds face when seeking mental health services.