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HomeMy WebLinkAbout15-078RESOLUTION NO. 15-078 A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MAY 2015 AS "MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the following determinations: 1. 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. 2. Mental illness adversely affects those abilities and often is life-threatening in nature. 3. One in four adults experiences mental health problems in any given year and such problems can contribute to an onset of mental illness. 4. One in 17 adults lives with mental illness such as major depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. 5. Approximately one-half of chronic mental illness begins by the age of 14 and three-quarters by age 24. 6. Long delays -sometimes decades -often occur between the time symptoms first appear and when individuals get help. Early identification and treatment can make a profound difference in successful management of mental illness and recovery. 7. It is important to maintain mental health and learn the symptoms of mental illness in order to get help when it is needed. Every citizen and community can make a difference in helping end the silence and stigma that for too long have surrounded mental illness and discouraged people from getting help. 8. Public education and civic activities can encourage mental health and help improve the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida: 1. This Board does hereby proclaim the month of MAY 2015 as "MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH" in St. Lucie County, Florida to increase public understanding of the importance of mental health and to promote identification and treatment of mental illness. PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 19TH day of May 2015. ATTEST: Deputy Clerk BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA 1 y BY: Chair APPROVE"S TO FORM AND CORRECTNEM �-, , . /_/ BY: County RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MAY 2015 AS "MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the following determinations: 1. 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. 2. Mental illness adversely affects those abilities and often is life-threatening in nature. 3. One in four adults experiences mental health problems in any given year and such problems can contribute to an onset of mental illness. 4. One in 17 adults lives with mental illness such as major depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. 5. Approximately one-half of chronic mental illness begins by the age of 14 and three- quarters by age 24. 6. Long delays -sometimes decades -often occur between the time symptoms first appear and when individuals get help. Early identification and treatment can make a profound difference in successful management of mental illness and recovery. 7. It is important to maintain mental health and learn the symptoms of mental illness in order to get help when it is needed. Every citizen and community can make a difference in helping end the silence and stigma that for too long have surrounded mental illness and discouraged people from getting help. 8. Public education and civic activities can encourage mental health and help improve the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida: 1. This Board does hereby proclaim the month of MAY 2015 as "MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH" in St. Lucie County, Florida to increase public understanding of the importance of mental health and to promote identification and treatment of mental illness. PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 19TH day of May 2015. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A71: ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA t -(6X to BY: ;� J /tom Deputy Clerk Chair APPROVEDn�S TO FORM AN CO RRECTNES BY: County Attorn