The next 50 years: A new vision of 'community of mental health'

摘要

On February 5, 1963, in a historic message to Congress, President John F. Kennedy called attention to the urgency of addressing mental illness and mental retardation (1,2). This unprecedented focus by a president of the United States was accompanied by the articulation of a new national policy, a clarion call for a bold approach to "mental illnesses."