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RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 2007 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 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, 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, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby
proclaim May 2007 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 8"' day of May 20~ ; , by
the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Josiassen, Kirk,
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
Yamaguchi, and Chair Dolan
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JANE DO~,AN, Chair
ATTEST:
PAUL McINTOSH, Chief Administrative Officer
And Clerk of th Board,. Supervisors
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