Access to Behavioral Health
The departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury Sept. 9 released a final rule ensuring commercial health plans comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 and require mental health and substance use disorder benefits at the same level as medical and…
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., Aug. 28 released an advisory on the mental health and well-being of parents.
Two clinicians and a vehicle — that's the model Sheppard Pratt has been using to give behavioral health access to its communities.
In this conversation, Jason Melegari, R.N., director of clinical services at Sheppard Pratt, discusses how the organization's mobile behavioral health initiative was road tested, and the positive difference it is making for accessibility.
Xaia is an app developed over years of research by Cedars-Sinai that leverages the Apple Vision Pro platform to expand access to mental health.
As the only Navajo psychiatrist on the 27,000 square mile Navajo Reservation, Dr. Richard Laughter breaks down accessibility barriers for his people by blending Native cultural practices with Western behavioral health care.
Mary Thompson — a member of AHA’s Committee on Behavioral Health and president of Trillium Place, a mental health and addiction recovery organization affiliated with Carle Health — explains how the Illinois-based organization works to integrate physical and behavioral health services to improve…
Rosalyn Carpenter and Paul Rains, R.N., write about the importance of fostering an inclusive environment to reduce stigma around behavioral health care for historically underserved communities.
Clinicians bring all of their skill and mental acuity to treat the whole patient, but there are many factors that can derail their ability to provide patient care.
Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is an opportunity to acknowledge that we live in a time when the patients and communities we serve are experiencing the impact of ongoing racial injustice, health care inequities and civil unrest. As a health care workforce, we also operate daily under the…