the national institute of mental health was founded in 1930.
the national institute of mental health was founded in 1930.
when was the national institute of mental health founded?
1930
mental health has traditionally been a state responsibility, but after world war ii there was increased lobbying for a federal (national) initiative. attempts to create a national neuropsychiatric institute failed. robert h. felix, then head of the division of mental hygiene, orchestrated a movement to include mental health policy as an integral part of federal biomedical policy. congressional subcommittees hearings were held and the national mental health act was signed into law in 1946. this aimed to support the research, prevention and treatment of psychiatric illness, and called for the establishment of a national advisory mental health council (namhc) and a national institute of mental health. on april 15, 1949, the nimh was formally established, with felix as director. funding for the nimh grew slowly and then, from the mid-1950s, dramatically. the institute took on a highly influential role in shaping policy, research and communicating with the public, legitimizing the importance of new advances in biomedical science, psychiatric and psychological services, and community-based mental health policies.
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