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PROPOSED PROCLAMATION OF -ENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS WEEK <br />.....WHEREAS, the week of October 6 through 12 is being observed across the United <br />States as MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS WEEK, and <br />.....WHEREAS, the Boulder County Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the Mental Health <br />Center of Boulder County, the Boulder County Mental Health Foundation, the Friends <br />of Maslin House, and the Boulder Committee on Disabilities have joined together to <br />co-sponsor the observance of this week in Boulder County, and <br />.....WHEREAS, these groups have chosen to observe the week by helping the public <br />learn the facts about major mental illnesses and about those persons who suffer <br />from them, in the hope that facts will help to banish the stigma and blame caused <br />by misinformation and stereotypes, and <br />.....WHEREAS, statistics show that one out of one hundred persons will suffer from <br />schizophrenia during his or her lifetime, and an even larger number will experience <br />an affective disorder, and <br />.....WHEREAS, the families and friends of these people also experience great pain <br />from these illnesses, and <br />.....WHEREAS, the community suffers a profound loss of the potential talents and <br />contributions of these afflicted citizens, and <br />.....WHEREAS, the sponsoring groups believe that greater awareness about major mental <br />illnesses will lead to more understanding and sympathy for those who experience <br />mental illness, greater support for programs that help persons with mental illness <br />to live in their communities, and increased funding for research to find causes, <br />controls, and eventually cures for these devastating diseases, <br />-1- <br />