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Photo of 4th Annual Art for Awareness event at Legislative Plaza. The Middle Tennessee Mental Health and Substance Abuse Coalition's Jane Baxter receives a Governor's Certificate of Appreciation from Commissioner Betts at the 4th Annual Art for Awareness event at Legislative Plaza.
  • Art for Awareness Day Promotes Consumer Recovery and Creativity

    NASHVILLE—May is recognized nationally as Mental Health Month, and on Monday the Fourth Annual Art for Awareness Day held at Legislative Plaza featured the works of 35 artists in recovery from mental illness. The special event was co-sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Middle Tennessee Mental Health and Substance Abuse Coalition....More

  • May is Mental Health Month

    NASHVILLE—In recognition of Mental Health Month, the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities is encouraging Tennesseans to increase their awareness of mental health and mental illness by understanding the fundamental nature of mental health to overall health as well as the destructive nature of stigma in our society....More