| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 141 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to join |
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| 3 | 3 | | organizations across the state in observing February 8, 2017, as |
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| 4 | 4 | | Mental Illness Awareness Day at the State Capitol; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Mental illness is a serious and often misunderstood |
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| 6 | 6 | | issue that affects the lives of millions of Texans; an estimated |
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| 7 | 7 | | 25 percent of American adults and 13 percent of young people |
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| 8 | 8 | | between the ages of eight and 15 suffer from a diagnosable mental |
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| 9 | 9 | | disorder in a given year; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Major depression is a leading cause of disability |
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| 11 | 11 | | worldwide and is associated with a significant risk of suicide; |
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| 12 | 12 | | over 90 percent of those who commit suicide suffer from a mental |
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| 13 | 13 | | illness at the time of their death; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, The impact of mental illness on the nation's veterans |
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| 15 | 15 | | and its active-duty military is a serious cause for concern; |
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| 16 | 16 | | among soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, rates of |
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| 17 | 17 | | post-traumatic stress disorder reach as high as 31 percent after |
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| 18 | 18 | | a year of deployment, and veterans face an exceedingly high rate |
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| 19 | 19 | | of suicide; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Recent scientific advances have helped to remove the |
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| 21 | 21 | | stigma once associated with mental illnesses, and organizations |
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| 22 | 22 | | across the state and nation are committed to improving the lives |
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| 23 | 23 | | of those affected by mental illness through the promotion of |
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| 24 | 24 | | prevention and treatment methods; it is truly fitting that a day be |
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| 25 | 25 | | set aside to recognize and support those efforts; now, therefore, |
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| 26 | 26 | | be it |
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| 27 | 27 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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| 28 | 28 | | Legislature, hereby recognize February 8, 2017, as Mental Illness |
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| 29 | 29 | | Awareness Day at the State Capitol; and, be it further |
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| 30 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in honor |
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| 31 | 31 | | of this special occasion. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Huffman, Watson |
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| 33 | 33 | | ________________________________ |
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| 34 | 34 | | President of the Senate |
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| 35 | 35 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 36 | 36 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 37 | 37 | | the Senate on February 8, 2017. |
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| 38 | 38 | | ________________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 40 | 40 | | ________________________________ |
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| 41 | 41 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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| 42 | 42 | | ________________________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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