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PROCLAMATION <br />DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF MAY, 2015, AS <br />Mental Health Awareness Month <br />WHEREAS, mental health is part of overall health; and <br />WHEREAS, mental health helps to sustain an individual's thought processes, relationships, productivity and ability to <br />adapt to change or face adversity; and <br />WHEREAS, mental illness adversely affects those abilities and often is life-threatening in nature; and <br />WHEREAS, one in four adults experiences mental health problems in any given year and such problems can <br />contribute to onset of mental illness; and <br />WHEREAS, 11.4 youth to age 24 commits suicide every day in the United States and Florida has a 15.9 percentage <br />annual statewide suicide rate; and <br />WHEREAS, one in 17 adults lives with mental illness such as major depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia; <br />WHEREAS approximately one-half of chronic mental illness begins by the age of 14 and three-quarters by age 24; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, long delays -sometimes decades- often occur between the time symptoms first appear and when <br />individuals get help; and <br />and <br />WHEREAS, early identification and treatment can make a profound difference in successful management of mental <br />illness and recovery; and <br />WHEREAS, it is important to maintain mental health and learn the symptoms of mental illness in order to get help <br />when it is needed; and <br />WHEREAS, every citizen and community can make a difference in helping end the silence and stigma that for too <br />long has surrounded mental illness and discouraged people from getting help; and <br />WHEREAS public education and civic activities can encourage mental health and help improve the lives of <br />individuals and families affected by mental illness; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY, FLORIDA that the month of May, 2015, be designated as Mental Health Awareness Month in Indian River <br />County, Florida to increase public understanding of the importance of mental health and to promote identification and <br />treatment of mental illnesses. <br />Adopted this 21st day of April, 2015. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />Wesley S. Davis, Chairman <br />Bob Solari, Vice Chairman <br />Peter D. O'Bryan <br />Joseph E. Flescher <br />Tim Zorc <br />