Senator Elizabeth Warren: State of Mental Health Care System – From CSPAN.ORG.State of Mental Health Care System. Jan 24, 2013 State Of Mental Health Care System. Senate Committee Hearing: Health Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senator Elizabeth Warren Questions Dr Thomas Insel, Director, National Institutes Of Mental Health about Research In Mental Health Treatment.

 

Medicaid Expansion Will Also Expand Access to Mental Health Services

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In participating states, the upcoming Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act will increase both the number of eligible enrollees and the list of treatments and services covered, including mental health coverage. Both the Medicaid expansion …
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Editorial: Address gaps in mental–health tracking for gun buyers

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Editorial: Address gaps in mental-health tracking for gun buyers. For universal gun-buyer background checks to work, the state needs to clean up messy tracking of involuntary mental-health treatment. Seattle Times Editorial …
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OUR VIEW: Piecing together the Mass. mental health care puzzle

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In this illustration based on a Gazette file photo, Nurses and workers from Taunton State Hospital packed the Gardner Auditorium at the State House in March to call on Gov. Deval Patrick to reverse course and keep the mental health facility open.
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