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Prominent group's new name reflects unease over use of ‘behavioral health’
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32792
Subject(s) - terminology , mental health , research council , psychology , public relations , political science , psychiatry , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy
More than a year's worth of discussions of a “brand refresh” at the National Council for Behavioral Health has led to an organizational name change, to the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. The National Council's president and CEO told MHW last week that the change in large part reflects the perspectives of recipients of its members' services, a group of patients that never warmed up to the “behavioral health” terminology.