[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3825]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. FITZPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, May is Mental Health Awareness Month, 
and I would like to take this opportunity to discuss the need for 
increased mental health awareness and resources in our communities. I 
would like to recognize an organization in my district, in Bucks 
County, Pennsylvania, that does just that.
  The Bucks County Crisis Intervention Team, founded in 2008, brings 
together law enforcement, mental health professionals, and local 
officials to reinforce the treatment of mental illness as a disorder 
and not as a crime.
  I am appreciative of the law enforcement officers who, last month, 
became certified as members of the Bucks County Crisis Intervention 
Team, the 18th class to do so.
  I would also like to thank mental health advocate Sharon Curran, 
whose involvement with this program and work with the Lenape Valley 
Foundation makes Bucks County a safer and a more accommodating 
community.
  Mr. Speaker, working together with this group, we look forward to 
expanded access to quality mental healthcare for anyone in our 
community who is in need.

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