109TH CONGRESS, 2D SESSION/SENATE DOCUMENT 109–20 

Resolved: That the United States Federal 

Government Should Substantially Increase 

Public Health Services 

for Mental Health 

NATIONAL DEBATE TOPIC FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 2002–2003 

Pursuant to 44 United States Code, Section 1333 

Compiled by the Congressional Research Service 

Library of Congress 

U.S. Government Printing Office 

Washington, DC 2006 

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C O N T E N T S 

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FOREWORD ............................................................................................................ V 

INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 3 

SUMMARY ............................................................................................................... 3 

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ............................................................................. 4 

BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS AND TREATMENT .. 4 

CONSEQUENCES OF MENTAL ILLNESS—ECONOMIC COSTS, VIOLENCE, HOMELESSNESS, AND FAMILY STRAIN ................................... 6 

MEDICATION ...................................................................................................... 8 

MENTAL HEALTH POLICY AND AVAILABILITY OF CARE ...................... 8 

HEALTH INSURANCE AND MENTAL HEALTH PARITY ........................... 12 

MENTAL HEALTH UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES 

ACT .................................................................................................................... 13 

RELEVANT PUBLIC LAWS ............................................................................... 14 

INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS ........... 15 

ALCOHOLISM ..................................................................................................... 15 

ALZHEIMER’S ..................................................................................................... 15 

ANXIETY AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS .................................................. 16 

AUTISM ................................................................................................................ 16 

DEPRESSION ...................................................................................................... 17 

EATING DISORDERS ......................................................................................... 17 

MANIC-DEPRESSION/BIPOLAR DISORDER ................................................. 18 

SCHIZOPHRENIA ............................................................................................... 19 

GENERAL ELECTRONIC RESOURCES ADDRESSING THE SUBJECT OF 

MENTAL HEALTH ............................................................................................. 19 

SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................... 25 


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109TH CONGRESS, 2D SESSION/SENATE DOCUMENT 109–20 

Resolved: That the United States Federal 

Government Should Substantially Increase 

Public Health Services 

for Mental Health 

NATIONAL DEBATE TOPIC FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 2002–2003 

Pursuant to 44 United States Code, Section 1333 

Compiled by the Congressional Research Service 

Library of Congress 


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