Declaring the Period From June 24 to 30, 1951, as National Mental Health Week
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Declaring the Period From June 24 to 30, 1951, as National Mental Health Week
Proclamation No. 250
April 25, 1951
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Proclamation No. 250Declaring the Period from June 24 to 30, 1951, as National Mental Health Week
- Good mental health is of utmost importance in individual daily life. (Preamble)
- Mental illness, like physical disease, is frequently acquired and rarely inherited. (Preamble)
- Much mental illness can now be prevented, adequately treated, and cured. (Preamble)
- Sound mental health is conducive to maintaining a happy and peaceful life, establishing peace and order, and promoting economic and cultural advancement. (Preamble)
- The Philippine Mental Health Association promotes mental health for individual happiness and efficiency, peace and harmony among nations, and prevention of wars. (Preamble)
- The period from June 24 to 30, 1951, is designated as National Mental Health Week. (Section 1)
- All government and non-government entities and residents of the Philippines are called upon to observe this week and support related activities. (Section 1)
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Declaring the Period From June 24 to 30, 1951, as National Mental Health Week
Proclamation No. 250
•April 25, 1951
MALACAÑANGManila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Proclamation No. 250
DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 24 TO 30, 1951, AS NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH WEEK
WHEREAS, it is a generally recognized fact that good mental health is of the utmost importance in our individual daily way of life;
WHEREAS, it has been demonstrated through research and clinical experience on mental health that mental illness, like .any physical disease, is frequently acquired and rarely inherited and that much mental illness can now be prevented and adequately treated and cured;
WHEREAS, sound mental health is conducive to the maintenance of a happy and peaceful life, to the establishment of peace and order, and to the economic and cultural advancement of our people; and
WHEREAS, the Philippine Mental Health Association, a private civic entity, is working through the promotion of mental health for the attainment of individual happiness and efficiency; for the establishment of peace, stability and harmony among nations and peoples and for the prevention of wars
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby...
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