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2 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />PROCLAMATION <br />MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS WEEK <br />October 3-9, 2004 <br />WHEREAS, Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 3-g, 2004) is aimed at <br />reducing the stigma about mental illness and getting information to family members <br />and people with mental illness; and, <br />WHEREAS, The Orange County Chapter of the National Alliance for the <br />Mentally III is an organization of family members, parents, sons, daughters, spouses, <br />siblings and people living with mental illness; and, <br />WHEREAS, Mental illnesses are no-fault brain disorders for which there is <br />effective treatment; and, <br />WHEREAS, Mental illness, which affects one out of every five families, is more <br />common than heart disease or cancer; and, <br />WHEREAS, It is important to provide information about mental illness to the <br />community; and, <br />WHEREAS, Silence and stigma add to the difficulty of living with mental <br />illness; and, <br />WHEREAS, Family members and people living with mental illness are often <br />afraid to ask for help or information or do not know where to turn for accurate and <br />supportive information and help; and, <br />WHEREAS, The theme of Mental Illness Awareness Week in Orange County <br />is: Don't Be Afraid To Ask; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners do hereby proclaim the week of October 3'd through the 9~h, 2004 to <br />be Mental Illness Awareness Week and urge all residents to educate themselves <br />about mental illness so that no one need be afraid to ask: <br />--About getting help for mental illness, <br />--About living with a loved one with mental illness, or <br />--What it is like to have a mental illness. <br />This fifth day of October, 2004. <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />