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National attention has been focused on mentally ill individuals by the eight presidents and first ladies.
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Indicating the scope and magnitude of the problem of mental illness in the United States.
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Roots of the mental health movement are identified with such luminaries as...
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Dorothea Lynde DixWilliam WhiteSigmund FreudG.Stanley HallAdolph Meyer
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Resluting from great resolve and detemination over decades of time,,,
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Mental health networks and related systems can now be identified and are impressively serving tens of thousands of children and adults.
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Why had hospital service have been dramatically recast?
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To take into account the use of psychotrophic drugs greater community, awareness and effort, and the not always-welcomed deinstitutionalization of people with mental illness.
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After Care Facilities
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Help cushion the need for help when the patients is released form the hospital.
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Voluntary efforts prove helpful in rehabilitation such as..
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Fountain House that engage patients in meaningful and productive work and other activities.
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Mentally ill people who are homeless
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Are receiving greater understanding and help from state legislators and other, in addessing this growing problem and blight.
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More study, research, and a national commitment
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Are required to solve the problems of chronic mental illness, the growing incidence of teen suicide, and the mental health needs of elderly people.
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Becoming more prominnt in the understanding and treatment of those with mental illness
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Is the emphasis on values and the role and place of religion and spiritual components.
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DSM-IV-TR
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Is found to be useful to social workers in the mental health field and in private practice. However, different views exist and continue to surface about the usefulness of this major diagnostic tool for social workers.
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