A Timeline of Parity Laws and Enforcement
1961 – President John F. Kennedy directs the Civil Service Commission to implement mental health parity in plans covering federal employees. The plans were later permitted to scale back those […]
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A Family’s Struggle to Care for Son’s Autism Reveals Gaps in Mental Health Parity Laws
Inferior insurance coverage for behavioral health has persisted for decades. The Kumar family learned about it the hard way when they tried to get their insurer to cover autism therapy for their son.
LA Jail Workers Say Deputies Discourage Mentally Ill Inmates Getting Vaccinated
Mental health personnel at the Twin Towers jail, including social workers and other staff, detailed a lawless environment in which unmasked deputies — many of whom said they were unvaccinated — have gone so far as to try to convince incarcerated people with severe mental and physical health issues not to get vaccinated.
Eco-Anxiety: The Real Tsunami of Climate Change
Kiersten Little, 31, is among the 40% percent of young people around the globe who are so distressed and anxious about climate change that they are hesitant to have children. This kind of climate-related despair isn't a diagnosable condition but it does have a name: eco-anxiety.
An Interrogation of Grief
On a one-year search for answers to two inexplicable deaths, I stumbled on solace by talking through private pain.
Doing Time for Stealing Cold Medicine: 58-Year-Old Man with History of Mental Illness Deteriorating in NY Prison
Since his arrest in 2018, Reginald Randolph has spent more than 800 days incarcerated with rapidly deteriorating health.
Caring for New Moms in Psychiatric Crisis
Mother and baby units, considered the gold standard of inpatient psychiatric care in many countries, don't exist in the US.
A Digital Mental Health Revolution – But For Whom?
Investors are pouring billions into digital apps to address our mental health crisis and ease the shortage of therapists. Unproven claims and thin research raise many questions.
Roadblocks to Prison Visits Cause Despair
An estimated 5 million children in the United States have had an incarcerated parent, and they often have no clear sense of when they'll see their parents again.
The Lockdown Inside the Lockdown
COVID-19 and severe isolation have created a mental health crisis for incarcerated youth resulting in an epidemic of despair.
A Family’s Struggle to Care for Son’s Autism Reveals Gaps in Mental Health Parity Laws
Inferior insurance coverage for behavioral health has persisted for decades. The Kumar family learned about it the hard way when they tried to get their insurer to cover autism therapy for their son.
LA Jail Workers Say Deputies Discourage Mentally Ill Inmates Getting Vaccinated
Mental health personnel at the Twin Towers jail, including social workers and other staff, detailed a lawless environment in which unmasked deputies — many of whom said they were unvaccinated — have gone so far as to try to convince incarcerated people with severe mental and physical health issues not to get vaccinated.
Eco-Anxiety: The Real Tsunami of Climate Change
Kiersten Little, 31, is among the 40% percent of young people around the globe who are so distressed and anxious about climate change that they are hesitant to have children. This kind of climate-related despair isn't a diagnosable condition but it does have a name: eco-anxiety.
An Interrogation of Grief
On a one-year search for answers to two inexplicable deaths, I stumbled on solace by talking through private pain.
Doing Time for Stealing Cold Medicine: 58-Year-Old Man with History of Mental Illness Deteriorating in NY Prison
Since his arrest in 2018, Reginald Randolph has spent more than 800 days incarcerated with rapidly deteriorating health.
Caring for New Moms in Psychiatric Crisis
Mother and baby units, considered the gold standard of inpatient psychiatric care in many countries, don't exist in the US.
A Digital Mental Health Revolution – But For Whom?
Investors are pouring billions into digital apps to address our mental health crisis and ease the shortage of therapists. Unproven claims and thin research raise many questions.
Roadblocks to Prison Visits Cause Despair
An estimated 5 million children in the United States have had an incarcerated parent, and they often have no clear sense of when they'll see their parents again.
The Lockdown Inside the Lockdown
COVID-19 and severe isolation have created a mental health crisis for incarcerated youth resulting in an epidemic of despair.
