Forbes November 23, 2023
Former First Lady, Rosalynn Carter, died last weekend at the age of 96. She was a champion of mental health awareness and treatment. Nearly five decades ago, she began her campaign to remove the stigma of mental health, put it on an equal footing with physical health and view people with mental illness as full-fledged members of society. Carter cleared a path for reform. However, there’s still a long way to go to attain her goals. Mental health isn’t prioritized in state and federal budgets or by insurance companies. To complete her mission, society will have to invest the requisite resources.
Rosalynn Carter’s mental health advocacy began in the mid 1970s when her husband was Governor of Georgia. She was...
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