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Our Mission Statement
Since 1915, the Mental Health Association of Maryland has been a leader in progressive programs that have led to more humane treatment, increased research and greater public understanding and awareness of the needs of children and adults with mental illness and emotional disorders.
The Mental Health Association and its network of local affiliates brings together consumers, family members, professionals, advocates and concerned citizens for unified action to promote mental health, prevent mental disorders, and achieve victory over mental illness through advocacy, education, research and service.
We envision a just, humane and healthy society in which all people are accorded respect, dignity and the opportunity to achieve their full potential free from stigma and prejudice.
"Promoting
mental health for all Americans will require scientific know-how, but even
more importantly, a societal resolve that we will make the needed investment. The
investment does not call for massive budgets; it calls for the willingness
of each of us to educate ourselves and others about mental health and mental
illness, and to confront
the attitudes, fear, and misunderstanding that remain as barriers before us."
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
U.S. Surgeon General
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