| October 1, 2004: |
SAMHSA Releases Guide to Introduce Substance Abuse Treatment Providers to Family Therapy |
| September 1, 2004: |
NHSC Loan Repayment Program
Opportunities for Licensed Professional Counselors |
| August 27, 2004: |
New
Study Finds Phone Therapy Helpful for Depression |
| July 23, 2004: |
Many
with Co-Occuring Disorders Are Unaware They Need Treatment |
| July 19, 2004: |
Hawaii Becomes 48th State to License Mental Health
Counselors |
| June 18, 2004: |
International Mental Health Survey Finds U.S. Has High
Rate of Mental Illness, Low Rate of Treatment |
| May 7, 2004: |
One-drug Therapy Approach to Treating Bipolar Disorder |
|
Senate Passes Family Opportunity Act |
| April 30, 2004: |
Second Anniversary of Bush Call for Mental Health Parity |
| April 16, 2004: |
Outline For a New Mental Health System in Iraq |
| April 2, 2004: |
Mental
Health Parity Alert - Contact Your Senators Now |
| March 26, 2004: |
FDA
Issues Advisory on Use of Antidepressants in Adults and Children |
| March 5, 2004: |
Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD) to Serve as Honorary Chair of Mental
Health Counseling Week |
| February 20, 2004: |
HIPAA
Privacy-Rule Opponents Get Their Day in Court |
| February 20, 2004: |
Mental
Health and Medical Community Rallies for Mental Health Parity Bill |
| November 25, 2003: |
AMHCA/ACA
Update: Medicare Legislation Passes Without Counselor Coverage |
| November 21, 2003: |
AMHCA/ACA
ALERT: Medicare Conference Report Excludes Counselor Coverage! |
| October 22, 2003: |
Counselor
Medicare Issue Being Decided in Final Stages of House-Senate Conference |
| September12, 2003: |
AMHCA/ACA
ALERT: GRASSROOTS ACTION NEEDED ON MEDICARE |
| August 27, 2003: |
IBM
INCLUDES LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS ON PROVIDER PANELS |
| July 31, 2003: |
AMHCA/ACA
MEDICARE UPDATE: GRASSROOTS ACTION NEEDED |
| June 26, 2003: |
AMHCA/ACA
UPDATE: Senate Approves Medicare Coverage of Counselors |
| June 20, 2003: |
Medicare
Update: Congressional Medicare Work Continues |
| June 11, 2003: |
GRASSROOTS
ACTION NEEDED AGAIN! |
| June 9, 2003: |
Counselor
Medicare Reimbursement Provision Included in "Rural Provider Equity Act of 2003"
|
| June 9, 2003: |
GRASSROOTS
ACTION NEEDED NOW |
| May 29, 2003: |
Counselor
Licensure Bill Signed by Minnesota Governor |
| May 23, 2003: |
Contact
your Senators NOW to Request Cosponsorship of S. 310, the Seniors Mental Health Access
Improvement Act |
| April 21, 2003: |
Contact
Your Senators and Representative to Encourage Support for Medicare Reimbursement
Legislation |
| April 10, 2003: |
U.S.
Representative Ted Strickland to Serve as Honorary Chair of Mental Health Counseling Week
|
| March 24, 2003: |
Medicare
Mental Health Modernization Act Reintroduced |
| March 17, 2003: |
Medicare
Mental Health Modernization Act to Be Reintroduced Soon |
| February 27, 2003: |
Paul
Wellstone Mental Health Parity Act Introduced in House and Senate |
| February 11, 2003: |
Bipartisan Medicare Reimbursement Legislation Reintroduced in
U.S. Senate |
| January 14, 2003: |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-
An Update |
| January 14, 2003: |
More Kids Receiving Psychiatric Drugs - Question of 'Why'
Still Unanswered |
| January 9, 2003: |
FREE TRAINING Offered in Preparation for National Alcohol
Screening Day |
| December 10, 2002: |
Counselor Licensure Bill Signed by New York Governor |
| October 29. 2002: |
One Stressed-Out Industry - Managed Care Meets Mental Health
with Mixed Results |
| October 28, 2002: |
AMHCA mourns the loss of Sen. Paul Wellstone |
| September 24, 2002: |
Bipolar Treatment: New Drugs Can Tame Both Extremes; Behavior
Changes Can Help, Too |
| September 11, 2002: |
Attack's Psychological Effect Reached Across the Country |
| September 3, 2002: |
A Change of Mind |
| September 3, 2002: |
Mental
Health in Troubled Times Radio Series to Air |
| August 26, 2002: |
Debt-Laden Magellan Faces Its Problems |
| August 21, 2002: |
Licensed Professional Counselors Named in Child Mental Health
Workforce Shortage Bill |
| August 21,` 2002: |
Program to Cover Psychiatric Help for 9/11 Families |
| August 16, 2002: |
Legislative Alert |
| August 15, 2002: |
Editor's Note, Question of the Week, Clinical Updates,
Industry News and Featured Resource |
| June 26, 2002: |
New York Licensure Bill Passed by Assembly |
| June 24, 2002: |
Supreme Court Rules States May Force HMOs to Allow Second
Opinions |
| May 22, 2002: |
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations for
Depression Screening |
| April 29, 2002: |
President Bush Announces Support for Mental Health Parity |
| April 25, 2002: |
Bush Plans to Endorse Mental Health Parity |
| April 25, 2002: |
AMHCA/ACA Push on Medicare Aided By Two New Studies |
| March 25, 2002: |
Companion Bill to S. 1760, the Seniors Mental Health Access
Improvement Act, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives |
| March 11, 2002: |
U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone to Serve as Honorary Chair of
Mental Health Counseling Week |
| March 5, 2002: |
New York Licensure Bill Passed by Senate |
| February 20, 2002: |
SAMHSA Study Examines Cost of Preventive Mental Health
Services Under Managed Care |
| January 29, 2002: |
Establishing the Public Health Context for Women's Mental
Health |
| January 9, 2002: |
Report Shows Big Rise in Treatment For Depression |
| December 19, 2001: |
Victims at Risk Again: Counselors Scramble To Avert
Depression, Suicides After Sept. 11 |
| December 12, 2001: |
Mental Health Parity |
| December 11, 2001: |
Grassroots Efforts Still Needed on Mental Health Parity |
| December 5, 2001: |
Medicare Reimbursement for Mental Health Counselors |
| December 4, 2001 Vol. 01-31: |
Fate of mental
health parity legislation is hanging in the balance |
| December 4, 2001 Vol. 01-29: |
Bipartisan
Legislation Introduced in U.S. Senate to Establish Coverage of Counselors, Marriage and
Family Therapists |
| November 19, 2001: |
Mental Health Parity Alert |
| November 13, 2001: |
Senate-Passed Mental Health Parity Moves to Conference |
| October 31, 2001: |
Senate Passes Mental Health Parity Amendment |
| October 17, 2001: |
Licensed Mental Health Counselors Named in
Trauma Aid Legislation |
| August 17, 2001: |
Senate Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee unanimously approved S. 543, the Mental Health Equitable
Treatment Act |
| August
1, 2001: |
Bush, lawmakers press for HMO
breakthrough |
