In 2006, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) conducted a comprehensive survey and grading of state mental health care for adults and learned that the overall grade for care was:
a. "A"
b. "B"
c. "C"
d. "D"
D
The NAMI gave a grade of "D" to the mental health care system based on poor funding, limited availability of care, and patients' lack of access to mental health care.
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