,,iv  #aac? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,h4 ,,res4 #eef  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,april #bi1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,murphy ( ,p5nsylvania 7= himself1 ,mr4
 ,?ompson ( ,p5nsylvania1 ,mrs4         
,blackburn1 ,ms4 ,bordallo1 ,mr4 ,honda1
 ,ms4 ,spei]1 ,ms4 ,br[n ( ,florida1    
,mr4 ,lev91 ,mr4 ,b>b]1 ,ms4 ,br[nley ( 
,cali=nia1 ,mrs4 ,mill] ( ,mi*igan1 ,mr4
 ,tonko1 & ,mr4 ,p]lmutt]7 submitt$ !   
foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !    
,committee on ,en]gy & ,comm]ce         
,,resolution  ,express+ support = !     
designation ( ,may #bjad z ,m5tal ,heal?
 ,mon?4  ,:]eas ! m5tal heal? & well-be+
 ( p 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates is a critical    
issue t affects n only quality ( life1 b
 also ! heal? ( communities1 families1 &
 economic /ability2 ,:]eas individuals )
 m5tal illness & behavioral heal?       
disord]s c & d recov] utiliz+ treatm5t  
regim5s1 includ+ psy*osocial !rapies1   
m$ications1 pe] support & cl9ical help2 
z well z o!r behavioral1 psy*iatric1    
psy*ological1 & m$ical s]vices2 ,:]eas  

p>5ts1 families1 & c>egiv]s are allies 9
 recov]y & s]ve z critical memb]s ( !   
c>e deliv]y team2 ,:]eas advances 9 bra9
 & behavioral rese>* %[ significant     
promise = cont9u$ improvem5ts 9         
effective treatm5ts ( m5tal illness2    
,:]eas #dc4g million ,am]ican adults    
exp]i5ce m5tal illness2 ,:]eas          
approximately #a 9 #e *ildr5 &          
adolesc5ts has a diagnosable m5tal      
disord]2 ,:]eas #i4f million ,am]ican   
adults exp]i5ce conditions su* z        
s*izophr5ia1 bipol> disord]1 & major    
depression2 ,:]eas #c4f million ,am]ican
 adults ) a diagnosis ( s]i\s m5tal     
illness d n receive treatm5t2 ,:]eas    
po/-traumatic /ress disord] 7,,ptsd7    
afflicts #ae to #bj p]c5t ( vet]ans ( ! 
w> 9 ,afghani/an & #bj p]c5t ( ,iraqi w>
 vet]ans2 ,:]eas r\ghly #bj to #ej p]c5t
 ( all prison & jail inmates are        
diagnos$ ) a m5tal illness & ,unit$     
,/ates prisons are home to t5 times m p 
) m5tal illness ?an psy*iatric          
hospitals2 ,:]eas m5tal illness is !    

lead+ cause ( disability 9 ! ,nation2   
,:]eas untreat$ m5tal illness is a lead+
 cause ( abs5teeism & lo/ productivity 9
 ! workplace & co/s ! ,unit$ ,/ates     
economy ov] #aic billion p] ye> 9 lo/   
e>n+s2 ,:]eas suicide is ! second lead+ 
cause ( dea? among individuals betwe5 ! 
ages ( #be & #cd2 ,:]eas ! rate (       
suicide among ! eld]ly is high] ?an =   
any o!r age gr\p2 ,:]eas #a 9 #d ,lat9o 
adolesc5ts report contemplat+ suicide1 a
 rate high] ?an any o!r demographic2    
,:]eas ,native ,am]icans curr5tly rank z
 ! top e?nicity = suicide rates         
nationwide2 ,:]eas /udies report t p )  
s]i\s m5tal illness die1 on av]age1 #be 
ye>s e>li] ?an ! g5]al population2      
,:]eas ^? ) m5tal illness are #c to #d  
times m likely to be ! victims ( crime &
 abuse2 ,:]eas lack ( aw>5ess ( "o's    
m5tal illness1 kn[n z anosognosia1      
affects approximately #ej p]c5t (       
individuals ) s*izophr5ia & #dj p]c5t ( 
individuals ) bipol> disord] mak+ x m   
*all5g+ to receive c>e2 ,:]eas ! delay  

betwe5 a fir/ episode ( psy*osis & onset
 ( treatm5t is an av]age ( #aaj weeks2  
,:]eas /igma associat$ ) m5tal illness  
cont9ues to p]si/2 ,:]eas recov]y-ori5t$
 int]v5tions su* z support$ employm5t1  
support$ h\s+1 & support$ education h   
be5 %[n to improve outcomes2 ,:]eas     
individuals engag$ 9 pe] recov]y support
 s]vices utilize crisis & em]g5cy       
s]vices less2 & ,:]eas x w\ld be        
appropriate to obs]ve ,may #bjad z      
,m5tal ,heal? ,mon?3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x   
,t ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives--  7#a7    
supports ! designation ( ,m5tal ,heal?  
,mon? to remove ! /igma associat$ )     
m5tal illness & place emphasis on       
sci5tific f9d+s reg>d+ m5tal heal?      
recov]y2  7#b7 recognizes m5tal well-be+
 is equally z important z physical      
well-be+ = citiz5s1 communities1        
bus9esses1 & ! economy 9 ! ,unit$       
,/ates2  7#c7 applauds ! coalesc+ (     
national & community organizations 9    
work+ to promote public aw>5ess ( m5tal 
heal? & provid+ critical in=mation &    

support to ! p & families affect$ by    
m5tal illness2  7#d7 supports ! f9d+ ( !
 ,presid5t's ,commission on ,m5tal      
,heal? t ! ,nation's failure to         
prioritize m5tal heal? is a national    
trag$y2 &  7#e7 enc\rages all           
organizations & heal? practition]s to   
use ,m5tal ,heal? ,mon? z an opportunity
 to promote m5tal well-be+ & aw>5ess1   
ensure access to appropriate s]vices1 & 
support ov]all quality ( life = ^? liv+ 
) m5tal illness4