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Close your eyes.  Imagine a world in which mental illnesses are prevented and cured.   Where everyone with a mental illness recovers.  A world where mental illnesses are detected early, and a world where everyone with a mental illness at any stage of life has access to effective treatment and supports.  Now open your eyes.  (How did you read that with your eyes closed?)  Scientists believe that this world could one day be a reality.  And you have the power to help accelerate its arrival.

The best way for the average American citizen to help is to encourage federal investments into biomedical research.  These investments will increase the budget of a federal agency called the National Institute of Mental Health.  NIMH is the largest research organization in the world specializing in mental illness.  

...Read more at everyminute.org's Mental Health Blog...