SNMA's presidential initiative: Mental health and minority communities

From: Journal of the National Medical Association | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

I In 1999, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher presented the first ever Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health to Tipper Gore, President Clinton's advisor on mental health. This report focused on the connection between mental health and physical health, barriers to receiving mental health treatment, and the specific mental health issues of children, adults and the elderly. The report notes that disorders, such as depression and schizophrenia, are diseases that, if untreated, can be as disabling and serious as cancer and heart disease in terms of premature death and lost productivity.

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