Microsoft Word - About the Community Mental Wellness and Resilience Act of 2023.docx About the "Community Mental Wellness and Resilience Act of 2023" The “Community Mental Wellness and Resilience Act of 2023” (CMWRA) is urgently needed because the US is experiencing an epidemic of mental health issues. [...] To reduce the nation’s current epidemic of mental health problems, and prevent future ones generated by the climate emergency, the "Community Mental Wellness and Resilience Act of 2023" will expand the US approach to mental health to include a public health approach to mental wellness and resilience. [...] Key Elements of a Public Health Approach to Mental Wellness and Resilience · A public health approach to mental wellness and resilience focuses on the entire population, not just those deemed at-risk or who show symptoms of pathology—although they are given special attention as part of the population-level approach by using a combination of what are called “proportionate universalism” and “life-co. [...] One of the issues almost all struggle with is sufficient funding to get organized and support their work through the 3-4 years most need to start up and mature to the point that their strategies can become very effective and the RCN can become financially self-sufficient. [...] The " Community Mental Wellness and Resilience of 2023" will address this problem by directing CDC to fund and support community initiatives that seek to devise their own unique strategies to build and sustain mental wellness and resilience.
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