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  2. Deinstitutionalization in the United States - Wikipedia

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    NAMI successfully lobbied to improve mental health services and gain equality of insurance coverage for mental illnesses. In 1996, the Mental Health Parity Act was enacted into law, realizing the mental health movement's goal of equal insurance coverage. In 1955, there were 340 psychiatric hospital beds for every 100,000 US citizens.

  3. Community Mental Health Act - Wikipedia

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    The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 ( CMHA) (also known as the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act, Mental Retardation Facilities and Construction Act, Public Law 88-164, or the Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963) was an act to provide federal funding for community mental health ...

  4. Assertive community treatment - Wikipedia

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    Assertive community treatment. Assertive community treatment ( ACT) is an intensive and highly integrated approach for community mental health service delivery. [1] ACT teams serve individuals who have been diagnosed with serious and persistent forms of mental illness, predominantly but not exclusively the schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

  5. New California mental health court sees more than 100 ... - AOL

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    An alternative mental health court to compel treatment for people with severe mental illness has received more than 100 petitions since launching in seven California counties in October, state ...

  6. California's new mental health court rolls out to high ...

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    An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders into housing and medical care — potentially without their ...

  7. Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 - Wikipedia

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    The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) was legislation signed by American President Jimmy Carter which provided grants to community mental health centers. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, who had made major efforts during his governorship to reduce funding and enlistment for California mental institutions, pushed a political effort through the Democratically controlled House of ...

  8. Alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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    Alternative medicine is any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine despite lacking biological plausibility, testability, repeatability or evidence of effectiveness. Unlike modern medicine, which employs the scientific method to test plausible therapies by way of responsible and ethical clinical trials, producing ...

  9. The colorful world of art therapy and mental health care ...

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    One alternative is art therapy, an expressive therapy that goes beyond traditional talk therapy. This form of therapy uses different tactics to express emotions while engaging your mind, fostering ...

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