More Than One in Ten Americans Take an Antidepressant
A grassroots advocacy group examined recent state budget cuts and found that from 2009-2011, states cut $1.8 billion or about 8 percent, from their total state mental health budgets.
As Mental Health Cuts Mount, Psychiatric Cases Fill Jails
The government says 1 in 5 American adults suffered from mental illness during the past year. Most didn’t receive treatment.
Two federal laws that provide better insurance coverage for more people with mental health and substance abuse conditions are just beginning to take effect
A bill proposing to extend Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) financial incentives for e-health record use by mental health professionals has been introduced into the U.S. Senate, complementing similar legislation introduced in the U.S. House
When the reform provisions allow 30 million people who now lack health insurance to afford medical care, will be enough specialists in behavioral or mental health to treat them all?
The new health reform law will advance the effort to “eradicate” differences in how mental health treatment is covered by insurers.
There is optimism that the new health reform law will advance the effort to “eradicate” differences in how mental health treatment is covered by insurers
Universal Health Services Inc. agreed to buy Psychiatric Solutions Inc. for about $2 billion, ending a weekend bidding war with Bain Capital LLC
A huge fight has erupted over rules issued by the Obama administration to enforce a 2008 law that requires equal insurance coverage for the treatment of mental and physical illnesses.
If the new federal law equalizing coverage for mental conditions with that for medical-surgical care works as hoped, there may no longer be a need for a public system
An estimated 8% of U.S. children have ADHD (attention-deficit disorder) and some 50% of them outgrow it. About 4.4% of U.S. adults—some 10 million people—also have ADHD and less than one-quarter of them are aware of it.
Now mental health advocates are almost giddy. The law signed by President Obama last week expands parity to a much wider pool, making it possible for millions more people to get the same coverage for substance abuse and illnesses
The proposed new edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders could place large swaths of the population under the umbrella of pathology
Mental-health experts wrestle with how to fit temper tantrums, hoarding and even Internet addiction into the current understanding of mental illness
A new study has found that five times as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety and other mental health issues
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