The Government and the Citizen: Partners in Mental Health and Mental Retardation

In this speech to the Sixth Annual Governor's Mental Health-Retardation Awards Program in Sacramento, California, Gorman reviewed the progress made in the five years since the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health issued their final report, "Action for Mental Health." This speech reflects both the improvements in mental health care, and the continuing problems of jurisdiction, professional competition, and budgets.