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 ...

President John F. Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act almost 50 years ago, but "the goals of de-institutionalization were perverted," says his nephew, former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy.

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 ...

PROVIDENCE - The last piece of legislation President John F. Kennedy signed turns 50 this month: the Community Mental Health Act, which helped transform the way people with mental illness are ...

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.

And it was about eight U.S. senators who JFK felt had made particularly courageous ... Read More: America Has Reached Peak Therapy. Why Is Our Mental Health Getting Worse? Unfortunately, the ...