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RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 2Q11~ AS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH
WHEREAS, the U.S. Surgeon General states that mental health is fundamental to health and
indispensable to personal well-being, family and interpersonal relationships, and contributes to
community and society; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Surgeon General confirms that mental illness affects one in five
Americans every year, regardless ofage, gender, race„ ethnicity, religion or economic status; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Surgeon General has found that a range of treatments exists for most
mental disorders and the efficacy of mental health treatments are well documented; and
WHEREAS, Butte County has made a commitment to community-based systems of mental
health care for all residents; and
WHEREAS, the guiding principles of community mental health care have always been
comprehensiveness, cast-efficiency, effective management and high-quality and consumer-responsive
services, and these 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 national partners observe Mental Health Month every May to raise
awareness and understanding of mental health and illness;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED, that the Sutte County Board of Supervisors does
hereby proclaim May 2001 as Mental Health Month and encourages all citizens to recommit our
community to increasing awareness and understanding of mental illness and the need for appropriate
and accessible services for alI people with mental illnesses.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 8"' day of May 2001
by the following vote:
A YES: Supervisors Beeler, Dolan, Houx, Yamaguchi
NOES.' None
ABSENT,' Chair Jo.:~iassen
NOT VOTING: None
ATTEST.,
30HNS• BLACk'LOCK, ChiefAdministrative Officer
And the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
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CU T .lOSIASSEN, Chair