Confronting the Workplace Bully

July 12, 2018

Bullying is often considered something we think about when recalling moments from our childhood. We automatically turn to the experiences of youth in middle school or high school. But as adults we also experience bullying, and despite a change in environment and age, the look and feel of the bully is the same. They are individuals that have been given, and have assumed, the power to decide if you will be rewarded as an insider or mistreated as the outsider.

Why We’re Celebrating the Passage of HR 6082 and the Promise of Better Health and Behavioral Health Integration

June 27, 2018

If you’ve talked to anyone at Mental Health America (MHA) in the past few years about our goal to achieve better health and behavioral care integration, chances are you’ve heard an earful about an impediment called “42 CFR Part 2.”

That may not be the case much longer.

42 CFR Pt. 2 is an archaic federal regulation that dates to the early 1970s – when all health records were on pieces of paper and there were few legal protections against discrimination because of a substance use disorder.

Tell Congress to Support H.R. 6082 and Fully Integrate Health Records to Save Lives

June 20, 2018

Under current law, complex patient consent requirements make it difficult or impossible for patients and providers in health care settings to share data related to substance use disorders (SUD) and co-occurring physical and behavioral health conditions.

The House is ready to move on opioid legislation, and MHA asks for your help in making sure that H.R. 6082, the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act, which would integrate care, is part of the final package.

How Science Supports Pets for Improving Your Mental Health

May 26, 2018

The relationship between man and animal dates back centuries. Time has transformed this relationship from being one based on utility to one based on love and family.

Now more than ever, pets are kept for companionship over all else; they are an important and valued part of the family. Dogs and cats have moved from sleeping outside to sleeping next to us in bed.

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