Much needs to be done to ensure that national healthcare reform and parity live up to their promise for persons with mental illness and addiction disorders, Congressmen and advocates pointed out during a recent policy briefing on mental health. There is an unfortunate dual crisis of increased demand and service reduction. Coverage expansion under healthcare [...]

An event like the recent Arizona shooting tragedy makes us re-evaluate mental healthcare in the United States.  Are we truly doing everything in our power to understand mental illness? Are there enough resources to provide that education? Luckily, the development of Mental Health First Aid has been able to answer those questions with a confident [...]

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed in March of this past year, and aims to improve all aspects of our country’s health services. One aspect that will be much-improved is the area of mental health care. Insufficient coverage and a lack of programs that educate the public on mental illness have plagued [...]