Support for the law surged among respondents who said they’ve been Democrats. Last month 70percent of respondents who said they have been Democrats said they had a favorable view of the health care reform law while just 16percentage had an unfavorable view,, and 14 didn’t know. It’s an interesting fact that the intent of Senate Bill 1034, authored by Senator Bill Monning, is to resolve confusion between the state and federal laws and to better conform to provisions of the ACA. California had established a ’60 day’ waiting period, while the Affordable Care Act had established a ’90 day’ waiting period that applies broadly to employers nationwide. So Affordable Care Act has expanded behavioral health coverage for millions of Americans in three critical areas.
It also expands behavioral health parity.
The law ends insurance company discrimination depending on pre‐existing conditions.
It requires coverage of mental and substance use disorder services in the Health Insurance Marketplace. More than 60 million Americans have better coverage for, and improved access to, mental health and substance abuse services.
PFA does not involve discussion of the traumatic event itself, unlike Psychological debriefing. Of course originally developed in 2006 by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a method for nonmental health professionals to basic principle of PFA is that, in the immediate aftermath of the traumatic event, social support from a compassionate for ages period of long long time recovery.
Disaster survivors may experience a large range of psychological reactions, that may interfere with normal coping mechanisms in is exposed to a traumatic event. Psychological first aid is a technique for assisting people in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic incident or disaster. Considering the above said. Recent ‘metaanalysis’ indicates that MHFA enhances mental health knowledge, decreases negative attitudes, and increases supportive behaviors ward individuals with mental health problems. Seriously. Mental Health Aid aims to teach participants how to recognize symptoms of mental health problems.
MHFA educates people about how to identify, understand and might be developing a mental health issue.
The idea being that providing MHFA offers initial support until appropriate professional need to know more? Then again, read the latest research on PFA and MHFA from BMC Psychiatry and BMC Psychology. That we can support more mental and substance use disorder treatment providers in communities across the country, it has also expanded our federal investments in training the behavioral healthcare workforce.
Now look, the Now is the Time initiative launched by the President and the Vice President in 2013 has expanded access to training and supports to problems and connect young people to treatment.
PFA is now endorsed by many international agencies, including the World Health Organization and reflects the emerging science and international consensus on how to support people in the immediate aftermath of extremely stressful events.
Besides, the concepts contained within PFA don’t apply only to large scale disasters, and can be implemented under more ordinary, day to day situations, to provide support to those in need. Today, October 10th, is World Mental Health Day.
Therefore an initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, the theme for this year’s WMHD is Psychological and Mental Health Aid.
Here we discuss how the concepts of psychological and mental health first aid can be used by everyone to support individuals experiencing a cr.
That said, this annual event is an opportunity to raise awareness of mental health problems around the world. Developed in Australia in 2000, MHFA has since spread to many other countries. With specific schemes adapted to providing MHFA in schools and in the workplace, mHFA training courses are now widely available to non mental health professionals and members of the public. That’s the reason why the President’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget proposes $ 500 million in a brand new two year mandatory funding initiative to improve access to mental health services. Actually the Administration understands the need and is answering the call. Despite the expansion of behavioral health coverage through the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and the Affordable Care Act, we must do more. Only about half of children and less than half of adults with diagnosable mental disorders get the treatment they need. Now pay attention please. More work is essential in case you want to ensure that families can access the care they need.
Therefore the Administration is committed to increasing access to mental health services to protect the health and well being of our children and communities.
This new funding initiative builds on a $ 280 million increase in the Budget to expand on the ongoing work of the Administration to respond to mental health needs in communities across the country by helping to ensure that the behavioral health care system works for everyone, expand service and workforce capacity, and engage individuals with serious mental illness in care.
We look forward to working with Congress to implement the President’s proposal. Of course, the President’s announcement builds on the Administration’s efforts over a couple of years to increase access to mental health services. Nonetheless, the President announced that his Fiscal Year 2017 Budget would propose $ 500 million in new investments to increase access to mental health care, as part of his January announcement of new Executive Actions to reduce gun violence and make our communities safer.