PUBLIC LAW 100-390—AUG. 11, 1988
102 STAT. 965
illness (including schizophrenia, major affective disorders, phobias, and phobic disorders); Whereas appropriate treatment of mental illness has been demonstrated to be cost effective in terms of restored productivity, reduced utilization of other health services, and lessened social dependence; and Whereas recent and unparalleled growth in scientific knowledge about mental illness has generated the current emergence of a new threshold of opportunity for future research advances and fruitful application to specific clinical problems: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the week beginning on October 2, 1988, is designated as "Mental Illness Awareness Week", and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Approved August 11, 1988.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 248: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, VoL 134 (1988): July 26, considered and passed Senate. Aug. 2, considered and passed House.
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