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186 Index Medicare, 95, 146–147 Mental Health America: consumer involvement in, 61; explanations of options, 126, 161; mental health advocacy, 121; Web site, 121 Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (Australia), 56 Mental Health Parity Act (1996), 95, 101, 102–103 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (2008), 101–102 Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grants, 49 mental health treatment: “adverse selection” issue, 94–95; antipsychotic medications, 8; appropriateness , 43; asylums, 7–8; authorization for additional care, 60; as a “carved-out” system, 130–134; clinical necessity, 106–109, 159; co-pays, 95; collaborative mental health care (see patient input and satisfaction); “commitment” laws, 123–125; community-based solutions (see community mental health centers [CMHCs]); community resources, 29–31; coordination of care, 132–134; cost sharing limits, 95; deductibles, 95; deinstitutionalization (see deinstitutionalization ); denial of care vs. overdiagnosis, 107–109; “doctor knows best” attitude, 118–119; “dual diagnosis” patients, 25; effectiveness , 39, 43; employers in, 30, 152; family and friends in, 30; goal of, 106; history in United States, 7–9; hospitalization (see hospitalization for mental illness); initial visits, coverage for, 82; inpatient treatment (see inpatient care); integration of health care and mental health care systems, 130–134; less severe mental health needs, 29–31, 152; long-term view of treatment needs, 107, 108–109; medical necessity, 103–109; “moral hazard” issue, 94–95, 109; nonprofit community organizations in, 31, 152; outpatient treatment (see outpatient treatment); preventive care, 108, 159; public concerns about, 149–150; in public -sector (see public-sector mental health system); “recovery” model of, 106, 167n3; relapse prevention, 107, 109; religious institutions in, 31, 152; revolutions in, 64; schools in, 30–31, 152; shifting of mental health costs to the public sector, 79; specialization, 75; spending on per year, 146–147; as stepchild in policy deliberations, 2; uninsured people, 109–112, 139, 160; universal coverage, 110–112, 146, 160; vouchers for, 77, 79 “Mental Hospitals Back on the Block” (Martz), 140 mental illness: biological component, 10; “biologically based mental illnesses ,” 99; biopsychosocial model (see biopsychosocial model of mental illness); as cause of disability, 1; contagion, 14; definition, 9–10, 151–152; diagnosable disorders, 10–11, 94; “dual diagnosis” patients , 25; etiology, 10, 14; homelessness , 9, 63, 149; most common, 13; most severe, 13; parenting, 14; percent of America’s adult population meeting criteria for, 7; prevalence of (see prevalence of mental illness); psychological component, 10; self-destructive impulses, 1; ...

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