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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Mental Health America: May is Mental Health Month 2011

Mental Health America is proud to continue its tradition of celebrating "May is Mental Health Month," which began in 1949 to raise awareness of mental health conditions and mental wellness for all.
This year, we are addressing these important issues through two themes:
Do More for 1 in 4 is a call to action to help the 1 in 4 American adults who live with a diagnosable, treatable mental health condition and the fact that they can go on to live full and productive lives. Download 11 X 17 inch poster.
The second theme, Live Well! It's Essential for Your Potential, focuses on the importance of mental wellness and the steps everyone can take to improve their well-being and resiliency in the face of difficult times and challenges. Mental Health America's Live Your Life Well program offers ten science-based tools to manage stress and help you relax, grow and flourish. Download 11 X 17 inch poster.
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Twitter: Use the hashtag #mentalhealthmonth
Do More for 1 in 4: It’s Mental Health Month http://bit.ly/PzAka #mentalhealthmonth
Embrace wellness-May is Mental Health Month. Go to www.LiveYourLifeWell.org. #mentalhealthmonth

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Friday, April 1, 2011

Cuts Leave Patients With Medicaid Cards, but No Specialist to See - NYTimes.com

Eight-year-old Draven Smith was expelled from school last year for disruptive behavior, and he is being expelled again this year. But his mother and his pediatrician cannot find a mental health specialist to treat him because he is on Medicaid, and the program, which provides health coverage for the poor, pays doctors so little that many refuse to take its patients.

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Dr. Rachel Chatters, right, with Ana Smith, says she begs specialists to see Medicaid patients.

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Ms. Smith said she has tried for more than a year to find a psychiatrist to treat her son Draven, 8, who is on Medicaid.

The problem is common here and across the country, especially as states, scrambling to balance their budgets, look for cuts in Medicaid, which is one of their biggest expenditures. And it presents the Obama administration with a major challenge, since the new federal health care law relies heavily on Medicaid to cover many people who now lack health insurance.
“Having a Medicaid card in no way assures access to care,” said Dr. James B. Aiken, an emergency physician in New Orleans.

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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Two-thirds of states cut mental healthcare funds: advocacy group | Reuters

Two-thirds of states cut mental health funding from their general fund budgets over the last two years, according to a report released by a mental illness advocacy group on Wednesday.

Kentucky with 47 percent, Alaska with 35 percent, and South Carolina and Arizona both with 23 percent made the largest percentage cuts to mental health spending in their general fund budgets, which do not include federal Medicaid funding, the study by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) found.
"Cutting mental health means that costs only get shifted to emergency rooms, schools, police, local courts, jails and prisons," said NAMI executive director Michael Fitzpatrick. "The taxpayer still pays the bill."
"Some states are trying to hold the line or make progress, but most are cutting deep. This stands in contrast to the intense national concern about the mental health care system following the Arizona tragedy two months ago," he said.

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Friday, March 11, 2011

Despite Tucson Shooting And Rising Needs, Mental Health Given Low Budget Priority

By Amy Biegelsen
The Center for Public Integrity

It's been two months now since Jared Lee Loughner opened fire outside a Tucson, Ariz. shopping center killing six people and wounding 14 more, and what's come to light since leaves more than a few troubling questions.

In the days following the shooting, it was revealed that authorities had barred Loughner from Pima Community College, where he attended classes, until he was certified as fit by a mental health professional. Loughner apparently never sought professional help, and the questions the community college had about Loughner's state of mind still resonate -- what was going on with this young man, and is there anything the local mental health infrastructure could have done to change the horrible outcome?

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Mental Health America: May is Mental Health Month 2011

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Friday, April 1, 2011

Cuts Leave Patients With Medicaid Cards, but No Specialist to See - NYTimes.com

Michael Stravato for The New York Times

Related

Arizona Asks to Set Fines for Health Risks (April 2, 2011)

Michael Stravato for The New York Times

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Two-thirds of states cut mental healthcare funds: advocacy group | Reuters

Friday, March 11, 2011

Despite Tucson Shooting And Rising Needs, Mental Health Given Low Budget Priority

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