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7 unusual facts about National Mental Health Act


Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane

No further federal legislation on mental health occurred for over 90 years until 1946 when the National Mental Health Act was passed, establishing federal mental health policy.

Community mental health service

On July 3, 1946 President Harry Truman signed the National Mental Health Act which, for the first time in the history of the United States, generated a large amount of federal funding for both psychiatric education and research.

Fair Deal

The National Mental Health Act (1946) authorized federal support for mental health research and treatment programs.

Hildegard Peplau

After the war, Peplau was at the table with many of these same men as they worked to reshape the mental health system in the United States through the passage of the National Mental Health Act of 1946.

Mental Health Act

The National Mental Health Act of 1946, which called for the establishment of a National Institute of Mental Health

National Mental Health Act

President Truman signed the National Mental Health Act (1946), which called for the establishment of a National Institute of Mental Health.

The Menninger brothers set about training analysts, to fill the vacuum that existed at that time.



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