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The concerted efforts of the presidents of nine national mental health associations have brought forth the report entitled 'Principles for the Provision of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services: A Bill of Rights.' By setting aside their personal differences, they concurred that psychiatric patients must have the assurance of confidential treatment of all information related to their illness. Patients should also have an active role in formulating their own treatment strategies. They must also have access to complete information on their health insurance coverage.
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The rating of reports, evaluating competency to stand trial and /or mental state at the time of crime, of 227 defendants in a Florida forensic hospital and from communities in Florida helped in ascertaining the quality of evaluations and examiners. Comparisons between the reports on issues of location, psychiatrists against psychologists and the legal status of defendants provided insight on improvements to evaluate forensic mental health assessment.
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This article provides an overview of the current state of mental health care in the United States. Relevant topics include recent improvements in mental health policy, the lack of necessary mental health services for children and isolated communities, and insurance discrimination against mental illness coverage.
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