A major new federal statute offers many opportunities for legal services clients to make the mental health system more responsive to their needs and more respectful of their rights. The Mental Health Systems Act, Pub. L. No. 96-398, was signed into law on October 7, 1980.Scallet, Leslie ...
The field of modem mental disability law is itself little more than 25 years old. Its case law datesfrom two 1966 decisions written by David L. Bazelon, Chief Judge 1966). 6. Bazelon,Institutionalization, Deinstitutionalization and Adversary Process, 75 COLUM. L. REV.Carty, Lee A...
The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health. The project illuminates a growing mental health crisis in the Seattle region, Washington state and beyond. It explores the many types of mental illness people experience, spotlights promising treat...
Demi Lovato and Jon Hamm are among the many celebrities who've admitted to struggling with depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder — details
“sick” days to help preserve my mental health. In fact, on Wednesday this week, my daughter took the day off from her summer internship and came home. My mom is back from Florida for the summer and my niece and sister-in-law are off on Wednesdays. They all planned to meet for ...
Of course, it’s not particularly relaxing for Executive personality types like you to take a mental health day when there are things to be done. We suggest that you wrap up parts of your project, let your team know, and then take a much-needed day for whatever you consider to be r...
An update of the chapter on Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disorders in the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) is of great interest around the world. The recent approval of the 11th Revision of the ICD (
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis The purpose of the SAP program is to advance equity in health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority communities, especially all Black female identities, including cisgender, transgender, nonbinary,...more ...
Cultural and linguistic diversity is a core feature of the Australian population and a valued element of national identity. The proportion of the population that will be overseas-born is projected to be 32% by 2050. While a very active process of mental