Mental Health Bill Finally Gets Congressional Approval

After more than a decade of lobbying for equal coverage for mental health treatments in health care plans, both the US Senate and the House of Representatives approved a bill yesterday that makes coverage for mental health on par with that now enjoyed for other medical issues.  Still uncertain, however, is if the bill will become law, as the terms approved in the Senate are not the same as those approved in the House.  Agreement is required before the bill can be ratified. Read more

Parents’ Mental Disorders Linked to Child’s Autism

Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC), have just released their findings on the association between a parent’s history of mental disorders when the parent also has an autistic child.  It seems parents of autistic children are hospitalized for issues of mental distress at double the rate of parents without autistic children. Read more