Sec. 801. Reducing the stigma of serious mental illness
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The Secretary of Education, along with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, shall organize a national awareness campaign involving public health organizations, advocacy groups for persons with serious mental illness, and social media companies to assist secondary school students and postsecondary students in— reducing the stigma associated with serious mental illness; understanding how to assist an individual who is demonstrating signs of a serious mental illness; and understanding the importance of seeking treatment from a physician, clinical psychologist, or licensed mental health professional when a student believes the student may be suffering from a serious mental illness or behavioral health disorder.
The Secretary of Education shall— evaluate the program under subsection
(a)on public health to determine whether the program has made an impact on public health, including mortality rates of persons with serious mental illness, prevalence of serious mental illness, physician and clinical psychological visits, emergency room visits; and submit a report on the evaluation to the National Mental Health Policy Laboratory created by title I of this Act. For purposes of this section, the term secondary school has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ).
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