Title:

We Are Winning the Fight Against Mental Illness

Creator:

Gorman, Mike

Date:

4 February 1957

Description:

Gorman assessed the recent progress and future directions in mental health care in this speech. He attributed much of the progress to the advent of tranquilizing drugs, and criticized the National Institute of Mental Health for failing to carry out the nationwide evaluation of those drugs for which funding had been provided the previous year. This speech was given at the Annual Legislative Dinner of the Association of Chosen Freeholders in Trenton, New Jersey.

Location:

Box: 10. Folder: 19

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Speeches

Subject:

Anti-Anxiety Agents, Antipsychotic Agents, Community Mental Health Services, Hospitals, Psychiatric, and Tranquilizing Agents

Format:

Text

Extent:

16 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

TGBBBJ

NLM ID:

101743403X7

Profiles Collection:

The Mike Gorman Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743403X7

Story Section:

A Full-time Activist: The National Committee Against Mental Illness, 1953-1963