Archive for the 'Mental Health' Category

Mental Health Is Focus Of New Health Affairs Issue

Thursday, May 7th, 2009
by Chris Fleming

Many more people are using mental health services and U.S. mental health spending rose 65 percent in the past decade, but there is still a disturbingly large gap between access to care and quality of mental health care received. These are some of the findings discussed in the May/June issue of Health Affairs — Mental [...]

Health Affairs Mental Health Briefing

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
by Health Affairs

Last year Congress passed legislation prohibiting group health plans that provide mental health coverage from imposing stricter limits on mental health treatment than for other medical or surgical care. This marked a historical milestone for mental health care, burying the unscientific distinction between “mental” and “physical” illness. But although progress has been made in mental [...]

Who You Gonna Call? Getting a Handle on Mental Health Care

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
by Rob Cunningham

It’s been nearly five years since the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health issued its final report. The report affirmed the possibility of recovery and the effectiveness of available treatments for many conditions. But it also warned that many patients never find their way to care and that providers are often unaware of therapies [...]

MENTAL HEALTH PARITY: Researchers Stress Importance Of Out-Of-Network Benefits

Thursday, December 20th, 2007
by Chris Fleming

Congress is on the verge of passing legislation mandating that health plans cover mental health (MH) and substance abuse treatment to the same extent that they cover other medical and surgical treatment. In a study published December 18 on the Health Affairs Web site, researchers say that passage of either the Senate or House version of this [...]

BLOG: Health Wonk Review Looks at Health Reform and More

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
by Jane Hiebert-White

The one-year anniversary edition of the Health Wonk Review, a biweekly round-up of interesting health policy blog posts, is up at Workers’ Comp Insider today. Host Julie Ferguson leads off with blogs on the Edwards’ health plan, the letter on reform to President Bush from 10 Senators, new dialogue on mental health parity, and the [...]


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