Mental Health Report Available

By Kristin Toburen

SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) recently released Mental Health, United States, 2004, the latest in the series that began more than two decades ago.

Quality improvement and performance outcomes are two important issues addressed in this CMHS report. Other topics include mental health care in primary settings, population assessments, and several statistical studies on the state of mental health services in America.

The 334-page publication is the first edition to be released since the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health issued its final report (2003) calling for the transformation of mental health care across the Nation. For more information on the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, read an article in SAMHSA News, Summer 2003.

To read the complete SAMHSA bulletin on this publication, visit SAMHSA’s Web site at www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/070309mh5350.aspx.

A full-text version of Mental Health, United States, 2004, is available on the SAMHSA Web site in PDF format at http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA06-4195.

To order a free print copy, contact SAMHSA’s National Mental Health Information Center at 1 (800) 789-2647 (English and Español) or 1 (866) 889-2647 (TDD). Ask for publication number (SMA) 06-4195.

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