Mental Health Month Proclamation
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WHEREAS, mental health is critical for the well-being and vitality of our families,
businesses, and communities; and
WHEREAS, mental illness will strike one in four Americans in a given year regardless of
age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or economic status; and
WHEREAS, one in five children suffer from a diagnosable mental or emotional disorder,
and one in ten have a serious disorder which, if untreated, can lead to school
failure, addiction, and even suicide; and
WHEREAS, mental disorders, collectively, make mental illness the most prevalent health
problem in American today - more common than cancer, and lung and heart
disease combined; and
WHEREAS, the guiding principles of community mental healthcare have always been
comprehensiveness, cost-efficiency, effective management, and high quality
and consumer-responsive services, and those principles are now being
adopted by private and public healthcare payors; and
WHEREAS, the National Mental Health Association, the National Council for Community
Behavioral Healthcare, and their partners celebrate Mental Health Month
each year in May to raise awareness of mental health, mental illnesses, and
insurance discrimination against people with mental illnesses.
NOW THEREFORE, I, TERRANCE M. DUGGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE,
IOWA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2000 AS:
"MENTAL HEALTH MONTH"
IN DUBUQUE, IOWA.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Great Seal
of the City of Dubuque, IA to be affixed
this 1 st day of May, 2000.
Terrance M. Duggan, MAYOR
Attest:
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Jeanne F. Schneider, City Clerk
3-23-00 Betty Allen came in & asked that this be put on in May. So told her May 1 st.
She said that Ann Michalski would probably get it that night.
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PROCLAMATION
mental health matters
WHEREAS, mental health is critical for the well-being and vitality of our families, businesses, and
communities; and
WHEREAS, mental illness will strike one in five Americans in 0 given year regardless of age, gender, race,
ethnicity, religion, or economic status; and
WHEREAS, one in five children suffers from 0 diagnosable mental or emotional disorder, and one in ten has
o serious disorder which, if untreated, con lead to school failure, addiction, and even suicide; and
WHEREAS, mental disorders, collectively, make mental illness the most prevalent health problem in America
today - more common than cancer, lung, and heart disease combined; and
WHEREAS, the guiding principles of community mental healthcare hove always been comprehensiveness,
cost-efficiency, effective management, and high quality and consumer-responsive services, and those
principles are now being adopted by private and public healthcare payors; and
WHEREAS, the Notional Mental Health Association, the Notional Council for Community Behavioral
Healthcare, and their partners observe Mental Health Month each year in May to raise awareness of
mental health, mental illnesses, and insurance discrimination against people with mental illnesses;
THEREFORE, I, (NAME OF PUBLIC OFFICIAL), do hereby proclaim May 2000 as Mentol Health Month in
[NAME OF STATE OR COMMUNITY) As the ITITLE OF LOCAL OFFICIAL), I also call upon 011 citizens,
government agencies, public and private institutions, businesses, and schools in (NAME OF STATE OR
COMMUNITY) to recommit our (STATE/COMMUNITY) to increase awareness and understanding of mental
illnesses and the need for appropriate and accessible services for all people with mental illnesses_
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