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Restoring lost beds, expanding health IT incentives and rapidly embracing ACOs are steps forward in addressing America’s mental health crisis Chances are good someone close to you is suffering from a mental health disorder right now. You may not know...

Statewide, systematic changes in the mental health service industry are in full swing. Our once stigma-steeped culture of cornering mental health as segregated psychiatric services has shifted to team-based care models. Now, around 90% of Oregon Health...

Many different types of treatment options are required to effectively treat mental health disorders. Traditional options, such as medication, are always needed and still developing. But due to the strain on medical professionals to meet the needs of...

Every American deserves the opportunity to live a healthy life. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created enormous progress by expanding health care to millions of Americans. The next president must build on the ACA’s success, while continuing to reduce...

Opioids kill more people than car accidents or gun-related homicides. But drug treatment would no longer be required to be covered in the GOP health care bill. The Republican proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act would strip away what advocates...