Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America
July 22, 2003 Final New Freedom Report Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America On April 29, 2002, you announced the creation of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, and declared, "Our country must make a commitment. Americans with mental illness deserve our understanding and they deserve excellent care." You charged the Commission to study the mental health service delivery system, and to make recommendations that would enable adults with serious mental illnesses and children with serious emotional disturbance to live, work, learn, and participate fully in their communities. We have completed the task. Today, we submit . . .
