Cigna | Substance Abuse – Behavioral Health Seminar Series – Justin was drunk every day during his junior year in college. Not just at parties, but during classes, too. Justin’s not alone – more than 23 million America…

 

An Update on How the US Affordable Care Act Impacts Mental Health Care

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The Downside: While the ACA (in conjunction with the mental health parity legislation) includes coverage for the treatment of both mental and substance abuse disorders at equal levels to treatment for physical concerns, limits can and still are placed …
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Understanding Obamacare: Mental Health Services Must Be Covered

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Answer: For many years, our health system failed to adequately provide mental health and substance-abuse coverage for the vast majority of citizens. Fortunately, Obamacare has now made mental health parity the law for millions of Americans. Prior to …
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UCLA gets M to study substance use and HIV among minority men who have …

Filed under: health substance abuse

"This unique cohort will facilitate studies on interactions between substance use and HIV progression and transmission, which are of critical public health significance." The L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center will be one of the community sites for …
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Study reveals cost of mental health and substance abuse

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HEAVY BURDEN: Professor Harvey Whiteford from the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research at Wacol is part of a ground breaking research team into mental health and substance abuse. Rob Williams. WORLD first research into mental health and …
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