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On the recordSeptember 8, 2016
What we really want to do today is treat mental illness as a disease and afford the same prevention, early intervention, and treatment that we strive to have for physical illnesses.
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Robert Matsui
Democratic · California

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Matsui emphasizes the need to treat mental illness like physical illness.

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