"Comparative mental health policy: Are there lessons to be learned?"
By Steve Lurie of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Toronto Branch, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This article was published in the International Review of Psychiatry, published by Routledge, part of the Taylor and Francis Group, in their volume 17, number 2 / April 2005 and through whose courtesy IIMHL members will be able to review the article free of charge for the month of July.
The article can be accessed by clicking either here or here. IIMHL wishes to thank the Taylor and Francis Group and gratefully acknowledge their making this review available. IIMHL members wishing to further review the Taylor and Francis website and / or review other articles should click here.
Monday, July 18, 2005
$58M boost for mental health (Canada) July 15
Ottowa Sun story - "Ontario's community-based mental health services got a financial boost yesterday. The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care announced it was increasing funding by $58 million this year, with more than $3.5 million allocated to Ottawa-area services. The increase is part of a four-year, $185-million plan by the province to expand services for people with mental illness. It amounts to a 1.5% increase for all agencies, with additional funds for case management, crisis response, early intervention and assertive community treatment teams. "
Trends in Employer-Provided Mental Health and Substance Abuse Benefits Black Enterprise story - "Traditionally, employer-provided coverage for mental disorders and substance abuse treatment has been more restrictive than for other medical care benefits; recent data from the BLS National Compensation Survey show substantive changes in narrowing some of those differences, primarily as a result of State and federally- mandated benefits. Employer-provided mental health coverge has experienced dramatic changes ver the last decade. Prior to the passage of the Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) of 1996, nearly all employer-financed health insurance plans covered mental disorders, but benefits were traditionally more restrictive than for other illnesses.1 Coverage for mental disorders, for example, was usually for shorter periods, and plans generally provided lower annual and lifetime maximum dollar benefits..."
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