Could 2015 finally be the year for truly comprehensive mental health reform in America?
The answer is yes, but only if policymakers understand two key points. The first is that we can’t build a system of mental health care from the back end forward, beginning with a crisis. As with every other chronic condition, we have to begin with prevention, early identification, and early intervention. The second is that we need to rethink how we deal with mental health issues in children to address seriously the vast disparities that exist throughout the country in both mental health status and access.
If we don’t do both of these things, there’s ample evidence to suggest that no matter what else we do, our mental health policy problems will only deepen and our disparities will only widen.
[For more of this story, written by Paul Gionfriddo, go to http://healthaffairs.org/blog/...nning-with-children/]
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