Mental Illness Awareness and Research: Overview.

PSYCHIATRIC research; DISABILITY awareness; PUBLIC health; MENTAL illness; NATIONAL Alliance for the Mentally Ill (Organization); POST-traumatic stress disorder; PATIENT Protection & Affordable Care Act; PEOPLE with mental illness; HISTORY; GOVERNMENT policy

The article presents an overview of the issue of mental illness awareness and research. Terms defined include Affordable Care Act, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Other topics include the history of mental illness in relation to stigma, U.S. public health policies related to mental illness, and the economic costs of suicide and gun violence related to mental illness.