[Senate Document 109-20]
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           109th Congress, 2d Session/Senate Document 109-20

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                Resolved: That the United States Federal

                Government Should Substantially Increase

                         Public Health Services

                           for Mental Health

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          NATIONAL DEBATE TOPIC FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 2002-2003
                  Pursuant to 44 United States Code, Section 
1333

                  Compiled by the Congressional Research 
Service
                              Library of Congress





                        U.S. Government Printing Office
                            Washington, DC 2006

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                            C O N T E N T S

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FOREWORD.........................................................     V
INTRODUCTION.....................................................     3
SUMMARY..........................................................     3
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES...........................................     4
  BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS AND TREATMENT...........     4
  CONSEQUENCES OF MENTAL ILLNESS--ECONOMIC COSTS, VIOLENCE, 
    HOMELESSNESS, AND FAMILY STRAIN..............................     6
  MEDICATION.....................................................     8
  MENTAL HEALTH POLICY AND AVAILABILITY OF CARE..................     8
  HEALTH INSURANCE AND MENTAL HEALTH PARITY......................    12
  MENTAL HEALTH UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT........    13
  RELEVANT PUBLIC LAWS...........................................    14
INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS...............    15
  ALCOHOLISM.....................................................    15
  ALZHEIMER'S....................................................    15
  ANXIETY AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS..............................    16
  AUTISM.........................................................    16
  DEPRESSION.....................................................    17
  EATING DISORDERS...............................................    17
  MANIC-DEPRESSION/BIPOLAR DISORDER..............................    18
  SCHIZOPHRENIA..................................................    19
GENERAL ELECTRONIC RESOURCES ADDRESSING THE SUBJECT OF MENTAL 
  HEALTH.........................................................    19
SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY.............................................    25


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           109th Congress, 2d Session/Senate Document 109-20

=======================================================================


                Resolved: That the United States Federal

                Government Should Substantially Increase

                         Public Health Services

                           for Mental Health

=======================================================================


          NATIONAL DEBATE TOPIC FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 2002-2003
                  Pursuant to 44 United States Code, Section 
1333

                  Compiled by the Congressional Research 
Service
                              Library of Congress