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RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 2006 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 of age, 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 e~`tcacy 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,
cost-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, BF, IT RESOLVED, that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby proclaim May
2006 as Mental Health Month and encourages Butte County citizens to recommit our community to increasing
awareness and understanding of mental illness and the need for appropriate and accessible services for all
people with mental illnesses.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 9thrh day of May 2006, by the
following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connell, Dolan,
NOES: None
ASSENT: Supervisor Houx
NOT VOTING: None
Yamaguchi, and Chair Josiassen
ATTEST:
PAUL McINTOSH, ChiefAdministrative Officer
And Clerk of the Board ofSuperv' ors
SSEN, Chair