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Health Insurers Are Still Skimping On Mental Health Coverage
Because of low reimbursement rates, Harbin said, professionals in the mental health and substance abuse fields are not willing to contract with insurers Health Insurers Are Still Skimping On Mental Health Coverage November 30, 201710:38 AM ET JENNY GOLD It has been nearly a decade since Congress passed the Mental Health Parity And Addiction Equity Act, with its promise to make mental health and substance abuse treatment just as easy to get as care for any other condition. Yet today, amid an opioid epidemic and a spike in the suicide rate, patients are still struggling to get access to treatment although there are lot of companies that are still providing…
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Prescription drug abuse leading to more grandparents raising grandchildren
Their daughter had struggled with being bipolar and borderline personality disorder and prescription drug problems and eventually was unable to take care of her two children. Prescription drug abuse leading to more grandparents raising grandchildren By Steffi Lee Published: November 24, 2017, 1:00 pm Updated: November 24, 2017, 5:49 pm AUSTIN (KXAN) – The bond between grandparents and their grandchildren is unwavering and Gail Gallagher remembers the day more than a decade ago that feeling grew even stronger. “The older one took the hand of the younger one and said we’re safe now,” Gallagher said. It was the day Gallagher and her husband, Dr. W. Neil Gallagher, became parents again.…
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SNL’s Pete Davidson says he’s been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder
The 23-year-old comedian said the diagnosis came after a stint at rehabnear.me christian centers and several instances of unexplained breakdowns that he initially attributed to his marijuana habit. SNL’s Pete Davidson says he’s been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder By RACHEL DESANTISNew York Daily News Thu., Sept. 28, 2017 NEW YORK —Saturday Night Live’s “Resident Young Person” Pete Davidson revealed Monday he’s been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. The 23-year-old comedian explained his long-awaited diagnosis came after a stint in rehab and several instances of unexplained breakdowns that he initially attributed to his marijuana habit. “I’ve been a pothead forever and I started in October, or September of last year,…
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OBAMACARE’S DEMISE IS A LOOMING DISASTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH
A recent CDC report shows that the percentage of adults with serious psychological distress who are uninsured has dropped from 28.1 percent in 2012 to 19.5 percent in the first nine months of 2015. OBAMACARE’S DEMISE IS A LOOMING DISASTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AUTHOR: ISSIE LAPOWSKY Look at a map of states president-elect Donald Trump won in November alongside a map of states with the highest rates of opioid prescriptions, and you’ll see they mostly overlap. Look more closely at the data, as one Penn State professor recently did, and you’ll find that Trump outperformed his Republican predecessor Mitt Romney the most in counties where opiate and suicide mortality rates…
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Trumpcare Will Be Catastrophic For People With Mental Health Issues
Experts in behavioral health and lawmakers who have been fighting for mental health awareness vehemently oppose the legislation. Trumpcare Will Be Catastrophic For People With Mental Health Issues House Republicans on Thursday passed an updated version of the American Health Care Act, which could affect the millions of people who live with a mental health or substance-use disorder. Analysis of the GOP bill by various organizations shows a grim outlook. Not only would people dealing with mental health conditions or drug dependency have to pay higher premiums, many may not even be covered. This could have serious consequences, with the country in the throes of one of history’s worst opioid…
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Why Aren’t There More Resources for Adult Self-Injurers?
Even getting adults to commit to group therapy can be a challenge. Adults are burdened with more responsibility than adolescents and may have trouble finding the time and effort to make the commitment for their own healing, even when resources are available. Why Aren’t There More Resources for Adult Self-Injurers? By Renée Fabian 03/21/17 Over time, self-injury itself can become a habitual, nearly addictive behavior, and 8.7 percent of self-injurers are also addicts. Erin Hardy, a Wisconsin-based therapist, found herself in a quandary when an uptick of people who self-injured came to her about five years ago. This was a new area to her practice, so Hardy sought consultation with…
