Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter is speaking out during Mental Health Month to call attention to the need to place mental health issues high on our international agenda. Chair of The Carter Center's Mental Health Task Force in Atlanta, Mrs. Carter also served as honorary chair of the President's Commission on Mental Health in the late 1970s. To highlight the needfor countries to prioritize mental health issues, The Carter Center and the World Federationfor Mental Health will convene a meeting of the International Committee of Women Leaders for Mental Health in Helsinki, Finland, in July 1997, with Mrs. Carter serving as Chair.
