Sentences with phrase «access to mental health care»

The researchers are conducting additional research on how to improve access to mental health care in the workplace, and to quantify costs and benefits for employers.

This approach, however, has not effectively increased access to mental health care.

There's no doubt that there is an epidemic of mental illness in prisons and few inmates are getting access to the mental health care that they need.

In theory, greater access to mental health care should lead to more clients seeking care.

Improving access to mental health care for children: the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project.

NYAMFT joined a coalition of 12 behavioral health organizations (#BreakingThe BarriersToCare) formed to increase access to mental health care by eliminating the regulatory barriers that contribute to the mental health workforce shortage across NYS.

«Despite these substantial, tangible benefits, the Legislature advanced this bill, which effectively restricts access to mental health care in Western New York, reduces investments in community based services and is inconsistent with recent agreements negotiated with the Legislature during the annual budget discussions,» Cuomo wrote in the veto message.

Barack Obama signed a new bipartisan health bill into law on Tuesday that includes funding to expand access to mental health care, an issue that has been a priority for many Sandy Hook families.

ACR 105 proclaimed the month of May every year as Perinatal Depression Awareness Month and requested that the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Mental Health, First 5 California, Postpartum Support International, and other stakeholders work together to explore ways to improve women's access to mental health care at the state and local levels.

Local closures or mergers at Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, Middletown Psychiatric Center and Hudson River Psychiatric Center have left people and without adequate access to mental health care in their own communities.

Our results add to considerable scientific evidence that our mental health substantially affects our physical health, making access to mental health care even more urgent.»

By treating moms in their own homes, it overcomes many barriers to treatment, such as lack of access to mental health care, transportation and childcare, among others.

At Woodhull, she was the project leader for the Maternal Depression Collaborative, a city wide project to promote access to mental health care for all mothers in need.

For more information on Better Access, talk to your doctor, treating health practitioner or download the Better access to mental health care fact sheet.

The Mental Health Association in Indian River County is a nonprofit which provides access to mental health care, regardless of any economic barriers.

«With the opening of this new wing of the Admissions Building, we are significantly improving access to mental health care by being able to provide services to an additional 1,000 patients and their families each year.»

The Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 aims to improve accountability and evaluations of mental health programs, use federal dollars to support people suffering from mental illnesses, practice evidence - based approaches to treatment, and increase access to mental health care for veterans, homeless individuals, women, and children.

To support the new law increasing access to mental health care, Barden said he met with several lawmakers and served as a «broker between different stakeholders».

Powerful budget committees in the State House and Senate signed off on a package of bills on Tuesday that would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18, mandate a three - day waiting period for most gun purchases, and increase funding for school safety measures and access to mental health care.

The group assembled outside the cathedral, comprising religious leaders from almost all the major faith traditions in the United States, said it is fighting for three specific goals: the outlawing of assault weapons and high - capacity magazines, tightening controls on the sale of all guns and improving access to mental health care.

Whether it is the point of sale issue or the social determinates of violence or access to mental health care, thinking about the gun culture we have and how it is embedded in our culture.

Broadly speaking, I'd say this country deems the right to bear arms a pretty serious right... more so than access to mental health care.

The Clay Hunt Act calls for speeding up access to mental health care to veterans, including reservists, boosting VA efforts to hire more psychiatrists, and review all current VA mental health programs for effectiveness.

«In the Senate, I want to fight for public safety and criminal justice reform, education programs, affordable housing, increased access to mental health care, economic development and opportunities, and social service reforms, especially as they affect middle class families and the working poor,» he said in a statement.

«In the Senate, I want to fight for public safety and criminal justice reform, education programs, affordable housing, increased access to mental health care, economic development and opportunities, and social service reforms, especially as they affect middle class families and the working poor,» he continued.

«I wanted to tell him that I needed him to stand up to fight for me and my family and friends, to make sure that we have access to mental health care, substance abuse treatment and nursing home care when we need it, and that insurance companies can't deny us because of pre-existing conditions and women weren't charged a premium for being women and denied access to contraception, abortion, prenatal care and mammograms,» Balter said.

To fill that gap, and to provide renewed federal leadership in the health sector, the Prime Minister has instructed the Minister of Health to lead negotiations for a new multi-year health accord with provinces and territories, which addresses: home care services, digital health technology, prescription medication, access to mental health care.

A significant investment of $ 2.1 billion over four years to improve access to mental health care and addiction services in yesterday's budget is good news for many families involved with child welfare in Ontario.

A significant investment of $ 2.1 billion over four years to improve access to mental health care and addiction services in yesterday's budget is...

He added: «This is not about controlling access to guns, it's about improving access to mental health care.»

Notably, students and staff at Olympic Heights Community High School in Boca Raton, along with other neighboring schools, wrote letters to all 535 members of Congress and put them on notice that safety at schools begins with them, which includes passing tougher gun ownership laws and improving access to mental health care.

«Various bits of epidemiological data conservatively estimate the mental health burden among Indigenous Australians is three times worse than the broader community, but access to mental health care is very poor.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone has access to the mental health care they need and deserve, and we accept most insurances.

We also believe that consumers should have access to mental health care, including the services of marriage and family therapists.