Category: Health

California prisons contain a record number of prisoners, which continues to grow steadily every year. From 2012 to 2016, the number of prisoners in California receiving psychotropic drugs tripled and reached 77 percent (“Confronting California’s Continuing Prison Crisis” 1). The budget allocated for such medicines is growing even faster, increasing to 22 thousand dollars a…

Bill H.R. 3340: Tribal Healthcare Careers Act introduced into Congress on June 19, 2019 currently in the first stage of the legislative process significant importance for the American health care system better access of native Americans to health care career (Tribal Healthcare Careers Act ) development of cultural diversity in health care workforce Cultural diversity…

Introduction Mental health has been a controversial topic in the field of health insurance. This is why multiple organizations and individuals were interested in implementing a law that would require mental health conditions to be covered with insurance. Since there is no actual health without addressing mental health, including this subject in the conversation of…

The protection coverage in the United States has failed to provide adequate assistance of mental health illnesses. Deductibles, day cutoff criteria, and co-protection all show disparities in mental health and substance use disorder inclusion. Many states passed equality laws that included psychological well-being protection as a key component in an effort to close the gap.…

Table of Contents Introduction Topic Background Community Impact of the Issue Related Impact Conclusions References Introduction The issues of life and death have always troubled human beings. In the modern society, even such eternally important concepts as life and death are regulated by the laws and legislative acts. One of the ways to rule if…

According to American Psychological Association Practice Organization, the HIPAA privacy rule regulates the patient’s personal information use. A patient’s PHI (personal health information) must not be disclosed without authorization for treatment, payment, or health care operations (American psychological association practice organization, p.1). In the case of death (due to committed suicide), a professional may disclose…

Introduction The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equality Act (MHPAEA) of 2008 was a landmark legislative document that sought to establish parity of mental health care and standard care. It forced insurance companies to cover mental health conditions, such as substance abuse, treatment, and other illnesses pertaining to one’s psychological well-being (Beronio et al., 2014).…

Table of Contents Introduction CBO perspective Doctors’ perspective Professional liability insurers Trial lawyer’s perspective Conclusion Reference List Introduction A tort is defined as a civil wrong committed against an individual, his or her property, or violation of personal rights (Scarrow, 2008, pp. 121). There has been a raging debate in the United States over tort…

The research study selected for analysis is “Assessing the Mental Health Status of Youth in Juvenile Justice Settings” by Wasserman et al. (2004). This research examines and evaluates the problem of psychological disorders among youth in the juvenile justice system. The psychological setup in juvenile justice is such that the individual will refrain from filing…

Title of the video: Health care reform could reduce criminal recidivism. Location where video was taken: Allendale, Michigan, United States. Organization or website where video was posted: YouTube. Summary Health care reform could reduce criminal recidivism is a video where Dr. Erkmen G. Aslim shares his professional opinion on criminal recidivism’s correlation to access to…