RESCHEDULED: Monday, December 14
9PM Eastern Standard Time
Mental Illness Policy Org invites you to a conference call with Dr. Stephen B Seager, author Behind the Gates of Gomorrah: A Year with the Criminally Insane.
Call this number (712) 775-7031
Enter this Access Code:715-149
He will talk about his book and about a psychiatric parole program in California, Forensic Conditional Release (CONREP) that is like an enforceable version of Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) for prisoners that should be made available in other states.
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(This call was previously scheduled for 12/7, but a problem at Sprint prevented the moderator, and some participants for calling in, so it has been rescheduled. Our apologies to those who tried to call in and the original time and could not participate)
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Monday, February 24, 2014
Affordable Care Act/ACA Fails Seriously Mentally Ill
Many 'mental health' advocates claim that the Affordable Care Act (ACA, a/k/a "Obamacare") combined with "mental health parity" will ensure people with mental health issues get care. The ability to keep a child on your insurance until age 26 will likely help many, since serious mental illness affects people in their late teens, early twenties. Maybe other provisions will help the higher functioning. But as the analysis below shows, overall, it makes things worse for the most seriously ill: those who need long term hospitalization. Unfortunately, the impact of ACA on the most seriously mentally ill has been largely ignored by 'mental health' advocates.
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