Remaking Mental Health

Reports that the first-ever White House Conference on Mental Health in June 1999 may change how psychological health is perceived in the United States. Aim of the meeting.
By PT Staff, published on November 01, 1999

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BREAKTHROUGHS

The first-ever White House Conference on Mental Health, held in June, may change how psychological health is perceived in the United States. Organized by Tipper Gore and attended by Vice President Al Gore, the President and Mrs. Clinton and numerous mental health professionals, the meeting aimed to raise awareness of mental illness and its treatment.

PHOTO (COLOR): The first-ever White House Conference on Mental Health, with First Lady Hillary Clinton (right) and Steven Hyman, M.D., the director of the National Institute of Mental Health, promises a new era of research and treatment.

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