mental health support organization

any organization established to give support to individuals living with mental illness. Such organizations provide access to mutual support groups and may also advocate for improved delivery of mental health services and improved access to such services, raise money for mental health research, and work to increase public awareness of mental health issues. The National Alliance on Mental Illness is an example. See also ex-patient club.

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January 13th 2025

verification time

in studies of cognition, a measure of the time taken by a participant to indicate whether a statement is true or to verify that a particular stimulus meets some prespecified condition.