Behavioral Health Awareness Month.
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Overview
This resolution designates May 2025 as Behavioral Health Awareness Month in California. It highlights the significant prevalence of mental illness and substance use disorders, emphasizing the impact on individuals and families across the lifespan. The resolution underscores the need to reduce stigma, improve access to care, and increase public awareness of these critical health issues. It also calls for greater integration of behavioral health services into various systems of care.
Key provisions
- Designates May 2025 as Behavioral Health Awareness Month.
- Recognizes the prevalence of mental illness and substance use disorders.
- Calls for reducing the stigma associated with mental illness and substance use.
- Encourages primary care physicians to screen for and address mental health needs.
- Promotes integration of behavioral health care into primary care, housing, and aging services.
- Addresses disparities in access to care among different demographic groups.
- Highlights the need for culturally competent care.
- Requests the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution.
Who is affected
- Individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders
- Families affected by mental illness and substance use disorders
- Older adults
- Youth
- Low-income communities
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