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HEALTH ASSOCIATIONS, MENTAL
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Descriptor
English
:
Mental Health Associations
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Asociaciones de Salud Mental
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Associações de Ajuda a Doentes Mentais
Synonyms
English
:
Associations, Mental Health
Health Associations, Mental
Association, Mental Health
Health Association, Mental
Mental Health Association
Tree Number:
N03.540.630.780.500
Definition
English
:
Voluntary
organizations
which support educational
programs
and
research
in
psychiatry
with the objective of the promotion of
mental health
. An early
association
in the
United States
was founded as the National Committee for Mental
Hygiene
in 1909, became the
Mental Health
Association
in 1976 and later the National
Mental Health
Association
in 1980. State and local
mental health associations
in this country are chartered by the
national organization
and affiliated with it.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
specify geog; DF:
MENTAL HEALTH
ASSOC
History Note
English
:
94; was MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION 1975-93 (see under VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES 1975-90)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
EC
economics
HI
history
OG
organization & administration
Record Number:
31874
Unique Identifier:
D008604
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