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Article: Rendell Administration Calls on Employers to Show Support for Initiative to End Discrimination Against People With Mental Illnesses; May is National Mental Health Month.
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- May 1, 2003
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HARRISBURG, Pa. -- HARRISBURG, Pa., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Public Welfare Secretary Estelle B. Richman is calling on businesses and employers to show their support for Pennsylvania's campaign to end discrimination against people with mental illnesses during May, which is national Mental Health Month.
"People with mental illnesses have the same needs - and the same rights - as everyone else, but they often face stigma and experience discrimination in school, with housing choices, in the community and at work," Secretary Richman said. "Our statewide OpenMindsOpenDoors initiative features an employer's guide for hiring people who have mental illnesses ...