October 14th, 2008
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It seems veteran American Idol contestant Kellie Pickler has joined the long list of celebrities who’ve struggled with mental health issues, and the slightly shorter list of celebrities who’ve actually spoken publicly about those struggles.
According to Yahoo! TV, Pickler discusses depression, antidepressants, emotional wreckage, and an overall “crumbling” of her personal […]
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October 10th, 2008
Today is World Mental Health Day.
Sometimes I write a post dedicated to particular mental health awareness days, and sometimes I just provide a round up of all the awareness events taking place throughout a particular month.
I chose the former for World Mental Health Day because I stumbled across I Believe: A poem for World Mental […]
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October 9th, 2008
A couple of days ago, I shared some of my very general thoughts about the Paul Wellstone-Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, and then pointed you in the direction of the legislation’s actual text.
The more I read about the Paul Wellstone-Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 5 comments
October 7th, 2008
So, apparently U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson has manned up and told officials out in California that court-appointed receiver J. Clark Kelso was serious when he said they needed to hand over $8 billion for seven new medical facilities for prison inmates. (I first commented on this situation back in June; at that time, however, […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 3 comments
October 7th, 2008
Thanks to Kristina at Autism Vox and one of her incredibly helpful readers, I can now point you in the direction of the text of the Paul Wellstone-Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, which is included as Sec. 512 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (H.R. 1424).
And, because it’s located […]
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October 6th, 2008
So, by now you’ve undoubtedly heard Congress passed Mental Health Parity. Actually, Congress passed the Paul Wellstone-Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, and they did so right along with the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (HR 1424) and a bunch of other stuff, I hear.
There’s some slight controversy surrounding the bill, […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 1 comment
October 1st, 2008
Welcome to October, lovely readers! Home to Halloween, my birthday, and a plethora of mental health- and brain-related awareness events:
Brain Injury Awareness Month - The Brain Injury Association of America offers free, downloadable materials to help educate yourself and others about brain injuries.
Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week - The BACCHUS Network provides an online manual to […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 4 comments
September 27th, 2008
I’ve been fairly stressed out this week.
The state of the American economy, the housing market, health insurance (or lack thereof), my yet-to-be paid off student loans - in other words, money (or again, lack thereof) - all have me freaking out just a bit about my future and my country’s future.
I didn’t used to worry […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 5 comments
September 26th, 2008
If you’ve been reading Mental Health Notes for even a slightly significant amount of time, you know I’m a big huge supporter of Mental Health Parity.
Fortunately, both the House and the Senate have passed their versions of Mental Health Parity legislation. Now that the time for Congress to adjourn is drawing nearer, it’s time to […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 1 comment
September 25th, 2008
Back in August, Practice Fusion, a company that provides free, web-based physician practice solutions, launched the Practice Fusion Academic Program geared toward future physicians who need to get a taste of today’s technology and residents who’re seeking new patients but can’t afford to use the Electronic Medical Record solutions.
I sat on this information for a […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 2 comments
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