National Mental Health Association

National Mental Health Association

Mental Health America (vormals bekannt unter National Mental Health Association) ist eine gemeinnützige Organisation aus den Vereinigten Staaten mit Sitz in Alexandria, Virginia.

Die Organisation wurde 1909 von Clifford Whittingham Beers (Autobiographie: A Mind That Found Itself) gegründet. Die Organisation widmet sich der Hilfe für Menschen, die an Geisteskrankheiten leiden und setzt sich zum Ziel die mentale Gesundheit von Menschen zu fördern. Die Organisation ist mit mehr als 320 weiteren Organisationen in den Vereinigten Staaten verbunden.

Am 17. Oktober 2007 veröffentlichte die Organisation die Studie Reveals Latino Parents' Views on Bullying, Sexual Orientation and Prejudice. [1]

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