HomeMy WebLinkAbout047 Mental Illness Awareness Week - pdf - 10.06.2020
Proclamation
WHEREAS, Mental health is part of overall health, and one in five adults
experiences a mental health problem in any given year; and
WHEREAS,
of 14 and three-quarters by age 24; and
WHEREAS,
the second leading cause among young adults, and 90% of people
who die by suicide have an underlying mental illness; and
WHEREAS,
and when individuals get help, while early identification and
treatment can make a difference in successful management of
mental illness and recovery; and
WHEREAS,
of mental illness in order to get help when it is needed; and
WHEREAS,
the silence and stigma that has surrounded mental illness for too
long and discouraged people from getting help; and
WHEREAS,
and help improve the lives of individuals and families affected by
mental illness.
THEREFORE,
hereby proclaim the week of October 4th to 10th, 2020, and every
first full week of October as
Mental Illness Awareness Week
in the City of Cupertino to shine a light on mental illness and fight stigma, as well as to
provide support, educate the public, and advocate for equal care.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of
Cupertino to be affixed this Tuesday, October Sixth, Two Thousand and Twenty.
____________________________
Steven M. Scharf
Mayor