The majority of Americans struggle to get decent mental health care, or any mental health care at all. Expansions of insurance, including those in the Affordable Care Act, are enabling more people to pay for treatments.
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Every Day Should Be Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day!
May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness month, when agencies on the local, state and federal level along with private and public organizations promote campaigns designed to increase awareness of perinatal mood …
More than a Hundred Genetic Variants Tied to Schizophrenia
To a large extent, schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders are illnesses caused by genes. Now teams of scientists from research centers around the world, looking at the genetics of nearly 80,000 people, have worked …
Supreme Court's Harris Decision Hurts the Disabled | New Republic
It's noteworthy that many of the nation's most prominent disability rights advocacy organizations signed an amicus brief supporting the state of Illinois in this lawsuit. Most are now very disappointed. Now that this partnership …
The Best Reporting on PTSD in Children Exposed to Violence …
When people think of post-traumatic stress disorder, they often focus on military veterans. But there's growing evidence that PTSD is also a serious problem for American civilians, especially those exposed to violence in their …