The Community Mental Health Act became law 50 years ago Mental illness often prevents people from seeking treatment for other ailments Key regulation on mental health parity delayed by problems ...

President John F. Kennedy signs a bill authorizing $329 million for mental health programs at the White House in Washington. (Bill Allen/AP) The last law President John F. Kennedy signed was meant ...

Kennedy signed a bill meant to free many thousands of Americans with mental ... health-care advocates, providers, researchers and policy makers will gather at the Kennedy Library in Boston, led by ...

Or they make their homes on the streets. They are victims of a mental health system that is not designed to meet their needs — and of a society that has proved mostly indifferent to their plight.

Mental illness and mental retardation are among our most critical health problems. They occur more frequently, affect more people, require more prolonged treatment, cause more suffering by the ...

Kennedy signed marks its 50th anniversary Oct. 31, the transformative Community Mental Health Act. The bill aimed to build 1,500 mental health centers to treat people while they worked and lived ...

Some of the world’s greatest leaders suffered from mental health issues such as depression, and psychologists and psychiatrists say that it was a big contributing factor to their success.

Kennedy signed turns 50 this month: the Community Mental Health Act, which helped transform the way people with mental illness are treated in the United States. Signed Oct. 31, 1963, weeks before ...