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No longer deemed optional or desirable in many workplaces, an employer's commitment to mental health initiatives has become a workforce essential -- and, apparently, in the best interests of every...
The Mental Health Systems Act (MHSA) of 1980 could be considered as some sort of landmark legislation passed by the United States Congress, it has as its main goal to fundamentally reform the mental health care system in the country by emphasizing in community based care where focus of mental health services would shift from ...
NAMI successfully lobbied to improve mental health services and gain equality of insurance coverage for mental illnesses. [1] In 1996, the Mental Health Parity Act was enacted into law, realizing the mental health movement's goal of equal insurance coverage. In 1955, there were 340 psychiatric hospital beds for every 100,000 US citizens.
For profit Psychiatric Solutions was the largest provider of psychiatric services in the nation, until they were bought out by Universal Health Services in 2010. [2] A conceptually related institution is the for-profit HMO, which now comprises the predominant means of delivering medical services in the United States.
After the launch of the Speaker’s Task Force on Mental Health in 2013, legislators on both sides of the aisle have been dedicated to investing in mental health initiatives.
Wealth inequality casts its shadow on everything from children's early development to adults' emotional well-being. It directly impacts education, housing, wellness and mental health.In fact ...
Intermediate care facilities (small) were developed by the state categorical systems (intellectual disabilities, mental health) in the 1970s, as a reaction to exposes on institutional conditions resulting in required active treatment in institutions and the new building of community facilities recommended under 16 in size. [18]
These services are so common throughout the world (e.g., individual and family support services, groups homes, community and supportive living, foster care and personal care homes, community residences, community mental health offices, supported housing) that they are often "delinked" from the term deinstitutionalization.