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Mental Health America (MHA) supports Housing First policies that expedite access to permanent supportive housing for people with mental health and substance use conditions and integrate mental health…
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The public resources available for healthcare in America seem to be increasingly in jeopardy, as debates over federal and state entitlements become more and more polarized. Medicare and Medicaid…
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To have and hold a job at the highest level is a crucial source of dignity and purpose for many people. For individuals with mental and substance use conditions it is also a key supporting factor in…
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Mental Health America (MHA) envisions a society in which all people in need have access to the full array of high quality, community-based, culturally and linguistically competent, integrated mental…
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Mental Health America (MHA) advocates complete integration of substance use and mental health outreach, identification and treatment. Early identification of substance use and mental health disorders…
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As confirmed by the 1999 report of the United States Surgeon General concerning mental health, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be an effective treatment, primarily for individuals with severe…
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Mental Health America (MHA) envisions a just, humane and healthy society in which all people are accorded respect, dignity and the opportunity to achieve their full potential free from stigma,…
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Mental Health America (MHA) believes that peer support is a unique and essential element of recovery-oriented mental health and substance abuse systems. MHA calls on states and communities to…