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MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
Jr WHEREAS mental health is part of overall health and helps to sustain an individual's thought
' processes, relationships, productivity and ability to adapt to change or face adversity; and
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WHEREAS mental illness adversely affects those abilities and often is life-threatening in nature;
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( ��∎�l WHEREAS one in four adults experiences mental health problems in any given year and such
�� '"`' problems can contribute to onset of mental illness; and
WHEREAS one in 17 adults lives with mental illness such as major depression, bipolar disorder or
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t WHEREAS approximately one-half of chronic mental illness begins by the age of 14 and three-
quarters by age 24;
WHEREAS long delays--sometimes decades--often occur between the time symptoms first appear
and when individuals get help; and
WHEREAS early identification and treatment can make a profound difference in successful
management of mental illness and recovery; and
WHEREAS it is important to maintain mental health and learn the symptoms of mental illness in
order to get help when it is needed; and
WHEREAS, every citizen and community can make a difference in helping to end the silence and
stigma that for too long has surrounded mental illness and discouraged people from getting help;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Rosemead City Council does hereby proclaim the month of May 2015 as
Mental Health Awareness Month to increase public understanding of the importance of mental
health and to promote identification and treatment of mental illnesses.
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Sandra Armenta, Mayor Pro Tem William Alarcon, Councilmember
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