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~lcS~lL1~lOTt IVO. 02-076
RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAV 2002 AS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH
WHEREAS, the tLS'. ,Siugenn General states that mental health is fundamental to health and indisBensable
to personal well-being. _fomih~ and interper°sonal relationships, and contrihtrtes to eomrnunity and society; and
WHEREAS, the tIN .Surgeon General cunfirms thc7t mental illness a~ccts~ one in five Americans every year.
r°egcrrdless ~f~age, gender, race, ethnicity. religion or econanaic stcrttrs,~ and
WHEREAS', the U. S. Surgeon General has foamd that a range of treatments exists for must mental disorders
crud the c ffiurcy of mental health treatments are well ducrrrnented: and
WHEREAS. Butte Cozrnty has rrlade a commitment to eD»murnity-hasc~d svstem.~~ of`~~~~ntal health eare.f~~r all
residerzLs,~ anct
WHEREAS', the guiding prineiplc~s ~~f ~ eonar~narnity mental health car•c~ have crlwa}~s been cornprehensivencss,
cost-efficiency, effective management and high-grrality and consumer-responsive services. crud these principles
are now being adopted by private and public healthcare payor•s: and
WHEREAS, the National Mental Health Association, the National ('ouncil for° ('Dmmarniry Behavioral
Healthcare and their national partners observe Mental Health Month everti~ Mm~ to rai.4~e au~arc~ness and
understanding ofinental health and illness:
Nt)W, I HEREFt)RE, RE IT RES'OI_T~En, that the Butte County Board of ~Srrpervisors hereby proclaim May
211112 as Mental Health Month and encourages Btrtte County cttizens to recommit otrr community [o increasing
awareness and understanding o f ~ mental dlne.rs~ and the need for appropriate and accessible scr~~ices~ fbr crll
people with mental illnesses.
PA.S.SEI) ANI) Al~t)PTEI) by the 13rrtte County Board of ,Supervisors this 7`~' dcrt~ of Merv 2tI(J2, b~~ the
following vute_
AYES: ~Strpervisors~ t3eclc~r, ])Dian. Ho~rx. Yamaguchi, and Chair.losicrssen
Nt~ES: None
AI3.SEN%:• None
NQT VOTING: None
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A T7 EST:
PAUL McINTOS'H, ChiefAdministrative Officer-
And Clerk of the t3uard o~~Szrpervisors .
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