Mental Health Parity Within CHIP

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1. Questions About Expanded Mental Health Parity Law
   Six months after the deadline for a final rule, 3 federal departments published an interim final rule that leaves a number of questions open about the application of the expanded mental health parity law passed by Congress in October 2008. But the penultimate version of the implementing regulations—changes will undoubtedly be made based on comments—won mostly praise from psychiatrists and psychia
2. Mental Health Parity Law Under Attack
   Business groups and leading behavioral managed care companies have mounted a multifront attack on the new mental health parity law.
3. Few Friends Combined With Loneliness Linked To Poor Mental And Physical Health For Elderly
   Although not having many close friends contributes to poorer health for many older adults, those who also feel lonely face even greater health risks, new research suggests. Older people who are able to adjust to being alone don't have the same health problems. The study is the first to examine the relationships between health and two different types of isolation.
4. Work Stress Associated With Adverse Mental And Physical Health Outcomes In Police Officers
   Exposure to critical incidents, workplace discrimination, lack of cooperation among coworkers and job dissatisfaction correlated significantly with perceived work stress among urban police officers, according to a new study. Work stress was significantly associated with adverse outcomes, including depression and intimate partner abuse.
5. Mental health coverage can pose special problems
   March 08, 2009 Susan Boehrer estimates it has cost nearly a million dollars to keep her daughter safe and stable. Boehrer's daughter, Maddy, 17, has schizophrenia-affective disorder.