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In responding to the President's proclamation, APA CEO and Medical Director Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A., said, “APA applauds President Obama’s proclamation of May as National Mental Health Awareness Month, especially his focus on the need to increase awareness of mental illnesses and make mental health treatment, including for substance use disorders, more accessible to the millions who suffer in silence. In emphasizing that mental illness should not be viewed differently from other illnesses, he is taking a step toward reducing the stigma that too often deters people from seeking help.”
Read the full text of the proclamation here.