Monday, June 16, 2003

Mental health reform movement loses steam
Jewish World Review feature article - "On a spring day last year, President Bush blew into Albuquerque on the winds of change. His mission: to help propel the movement to reform mental health care. The president was clear and emphatic. ... That day, the president announced his New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, charged with evaluating the nation's system of psychiatric care. And he pledged support for equalizing insurance coverage between traditionally physical illnesses and severe mental ones. ... More than a year later, as patients and advocates await the commission's final report, much has happened to take the wind out of the movement's sails. ...