Former President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29, charted a more than 70-year legacy that began with his Navy service and continued into the present day with his international conflict resolution group, the Carter Center. While Carter is famously remembered for his decades of work with Habitat for Humanity and for pursuing global peace with his center, the 39th president also leaves behind a history of advocating for mental health care, often spearheaded by his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn, who died in 2023 at age 96. This work includes pushing for Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) in Georgia as governor, creating the Presidential Commission for Mental Health (PCMH) in 1977, signing the Mental Health Systems Act (MHSA) in 1980, and working with the Carter Center, which won the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Organizational Distinguished Service award in 2001….