White House Fact Sheet: Marking the Administration’s Progress on Mental Health

by Gary Kopycinski on May 5, 2014

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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2014. On Monday, May 5, Vice President Biden is delivering remarks to the American Psychiatric Association’s Annual Meeting in order to highlight the actions the Administration has taken to break down the barriers preventing people from getting help for mental illnesses.

Nearly one in five American adults experience a mental illness in any given year. Less than half received mental health services. And only about half of children with mental problems receive…