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The General Practitioner: Powerful Ally against Mental Illness

Title:: The General Practitioner: Powerful Ally against Mental Illness
Creator:: Gorman, Mike
Date:: 27 February 1957
Description:: In this testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Gorman proposed (on behalf of the National Mental Health Committee) that Congress allocate $1,300,000 in the 1958 budget to the National Institute of Mental Health for the training of primary care physicians in psychiatric skills, via formal residencies in psychiatry and mental health fellowships.
Location:: Box: 10. Folder: 22
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Speeches
Subject:: Community Mental Health Services and Education, Medical, Graduate
Format:: Text
Extent:: 10 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: TGBBBK
NLM ID:: 101743403X8
Profiles Collection:: The Mike Gorman Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743403X8
Story Section:: A Full-time Activist: The National Committee Against Mental Illness, 1953-1963