[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 6 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E95-E96]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SOUTH BRONX MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL, INC. SEVENTH PATIENT RECOGNITION AND 
                            EMPOWERMENT DAY

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                          HON. JOSE E. SERRANO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 4, 1998

  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the South 
Bronx Mental Health Council, Inc., which this past Friday celebrated 
its seventh annual ``Patient Recognition and Empowerment Day.''
  Created in 1968, the South Bronx Mental Health Council, Inc. was 
previously named the

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Lincoln Community Mental Health Center. It is a community-based 
organization which provides treatment and mental health services to the 
local population and to area schools and senior centers.
  While it is important, and appropriate, to recognize the care givers 
who provide these services, it is even more important that those 
individuals who have made special efforts to overcome their challenges 
also receive our attention and support.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting our friends 
at the South Bronx Mental Health Council, who on Friday, January 30th, 
celebrate the seventh annual Patient Recognition and Empowerment Day.

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