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PAST NEWS ARCHIVE
October 5, 2001
Contact: Patricia Fraga, Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7528
Fax: (512) 974-7442

Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 7-13, 2001 @ the Austin Public Library

The first week of October each year is designated as Mental Illness Awareness Week. It is a time to make special efforts to raise the awareness of mental illness. This year in partnership with the Austin Mental Health Planning Partnership, the Austin Public Library will provide reading lists, book displays and other materials for the public to view and pick up from neighborhood branches. The Austin Area Mental Health Planning Partnership is comprised of providers of services that address the needs of persons with mental health issues as well as mental health consumers. Their purpose is to increase community awareness of mental health issues, assist in identifying needs and gaps in services, and promote best practices for services. The partnership is participating in Mental Illness Awareness week by distributing information to the public through libraries and bookstores and promoting local activities that are occurring throughout the week. Members of the partnership include: Austin Travis County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services, Seton/Shoal Creek Hospital, Mental Health Association, Family Eldercare, Advocacy Inc., Hill Country Counseling Services, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill-Austin, Self Help Advocacy Center, Austin Area Mental Health Consumers, and Texas Rehabilitation Commission.

Participating Libraries:
Faulk Central Library, 800 Guadalupe Street
Cepeda Branch, 651 N. Pleasant Valley Road
Howson Branch, 2500 Exposition
Manchaca Road Branch, 5500 Manchaca Road
Milwood Branch, 12500 Amherst Drive
Spicewood Springs Branch, 8637 Spicewood Springs Road
University Hills Branch, 4721 Loyola Lane
Windsor Park Branch, 5833 Westminster Drive

Please call the telephone reference center for additional information at (512) 974-7400 or visit the APL Web site at http://www.cityofaustin.org/library/.

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