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Article: Forum for Clergy on Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Abuse; Co-hosted by NAMI and L.A. County Department of Mental Health.
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- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- April 30, 2003
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-- WHAT:An educational forum to assist clergy in understanding,
supporting and addressing people with mental illness in theircommunity. The theme for this year's event is Dealing withCo-occurring Mental Illness and Substance Abuse. Accordingto Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, anestimated 3 percent of the U.S. population -- 300,000 in LosAngeles County -- in a given year have both mental andaddictive disorders (U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices, 1999).
WHY: Clergy are often the first to ...