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A Peoples' Army in the Fight Against Mental Illness

Title:: A Peoples' Army in the Fight Against Mental Illness
Creator:: Gorman, Mike
Date:: 2 May 1961
Description:: Gorman told this audience at the annual luncheon of the Mental Health Association of Delaware that improving care for the mentally ill would depend not just on training more psychiatrists and psychologists, but on training many non-specialists--clergy, teachers, probation officers, public health nurses, and social workers--to help out.
Location:: Box: 11. Folder: 13
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Speeches
Subject:: Community Mental Health Services
Format:: Text
Extent:: 7 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: TGBBBS
NLM ID:: 101743403X15
Profiles Collection:: The Mike Gorman Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743403X15
Story Section:: A Full-time Activist: The National Committee Against Mental Illness, 1953-1963