Mental Health Policy

Dying With Your Rights On: Mental Illness, Civil Rights And Saving Lives

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Mental Health, Mental Health Policy, Outpatient Mental Health Services, Mental Health Law, Mental Health Laws, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Treatments, Healthy Living News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

I am a psychiatrist who has treated patients for over 35 years, but I still cannot bear to read or hear a story of a fatal outcome for a person with a serious mental illness who dies from neglect or some form of self-harm.

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It's Easier to Get a Gun Than Mental Health Care

Dora Calott Wang, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Mental Health Care, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Tucson Shooting, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health, Mental Health Issues, Supplemental-Health-Insurance, Politics News
Dora Calott Wang, M.D.

Poor access to medical care jeopardizes an individual's health. But when the mentally ill or the seriously distressed can't access care, we are all at risk.

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Mental Health And Addiction Equity: New Updates, Long Overdue

Gabor Maté | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Drug Treatment, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health, Addiction Equity, Addiction and Recovery, Dr. Gabor Mate, Addiction, Harm Reduction, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Mental Health Parity Act, Healthy Living News
Gabor Maté

The updated Mental Health Parity Act implicitly recognizes that addiction is a mental health issue and that its consequences can be as debilitating as that of any chronic, severe physical illness.

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Meds can Reduce Homelessness but the Homeless (and Advocates) Don't Get It.

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Homeless, Treatment Advocacy Center, Mentally Ill, Homeless Mentally Ill, Homelessness, Schizophrenia, Mental Health Policy, Bipolar, Impact News
DJ Jaffe

It's time for advocates to stop denying the role of untreated mental illness in causing homelessness. Treatment may not be a magic pill, but it's the closest thing we have.

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