Psychiatric care still has common myths associated with it. Public misconceptions about mental health care are still common.

The National Alliances on Mental Illness today released a new report, Grading the States, assessing the nation’s public mental health care system for adults and finding that the national average grade is a D. Fourteen states improved their grades since NAMI’s last report card three years ago. Twelve states fell backwards. To view multimedia News Release go to www.prnewswire.com