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MEDIA ADVISORY

WHO: Georgia Mental Health Services Coalition

*Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network
*MHA Georgia (Mental Health America)
*NAMI Georgia (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Georgia Parent Support Network

WHAT: Press Conference: "Mental Health Matters"
Legislative Responses to Georgia's Mental Health Care
Crisis

WHEN: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 9:00 A.M.
WHERE: Senate Press Office, Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office
Building, Room 201, Atlanta, GA 30334
WHY: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's recent investigative
series, "Hidden Shame" has exposed deaths, neglect, and poor
medical care in the Georgia state hospital system. Other
issues also exist that the state legislature needs to address to help
people living with mental illnesses.

See the Atlanta Journal Constitution investigative series at:
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/health/stories/2007/01/04/0107meshabou
t.html
<http://www.ajc.com/search/content/health/stories/2007/01/04/0107meshabo
ut.html>



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