Clinton proposes plan to address mental health treatment

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Clinton proposes plan to address mental health treatment

By KEN THOMAS

 

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Hillary Clinton rolled out a comprehensive plan to address millions of Americans coping with mental illness, pointing to the need to fully integrate mental health services into the nation's health care system.

 

Clinton's campaign released a multi-pronged approach to mental health care on Monday, aimed at ensuring that Americans would no longer separate mental health from physical health in terms of access, care and quality of treatment.

 

"We've got to break through and break down the stigma and shame. We've got to make clear that mental health is not a personal failing. Right now it's our country which is failing people with mental health issues," she said.

 

The Democratic presidential nominee's agenda would focus on early diagnosis and intervention and create a national initiative for suicide prevention. If elected, Clinton would hold a White House conference on mental health within her first year in office.

 

Clinton's proposal would also aim to enforce mental health parity laws and provide training to law enforcement officers to deal with people grappling with mental health problems while prioritizing treatment over jail for low-level offenders.

 

The former secretary of state held a town hall meeting by telephone with stakeholders on Monday during a three-day fundraising spree in the Hamptons on New York's Long Island. The policy rollout would overlap with a Clinton plan to address drug and alcohol addiction which she campaigned on in Iowa and New Hampshire after hearing frequently about the problems from voters.

 

Clinton noted that suicides were at their highest levels in years and people were dying from connected health conditions that "too often go undetected and untreated." She said during the campaign "it has seemed like a floodgate has opened" from parents, students, veterans and others sharing their stories of mental health problems.

 

The federal government estimated in 2014 that about 43.6 million adults in the U.S. had mental illness in the past year, or about 1 in 5 adults age 18 and over. It estimated nearly 10 million adults suffered from serious mental illness.

 

An estimated 17 million children in the U.S. experience mental health problems, including 1 in 5 college students, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Nearly 1 in 5 veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan experienced post-traumatic stress or depression.

 

Clinton's campaign said the plan would attempt to integrate the nation's health care system to create a more seamless way of providing both medical and mental health treatment to patients.

 

It would expand the reimbursement systems for collaborative care models under Medicare and Medicaid that aim to treat patients through a team of health care professionals, including a primary care doctor, a care manager and a behavioral health specialist.

 

It would also be helped by a Clinton proposal to boost funding for community health centers that she announced earlier in the summer along with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, her primary rival.

 

Money for the centers, a priority for Sanders, was increased under the Affordable Care Act. Clinton's plan would make the money for the centers permanent and expand it by $40 billion over the next decade.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-08-30

[phantomfiddler]

Preferably her own

[Familyaffairs]

The Trumpster should find this invaluable, given his notorious, childish mood swings......

[DeaconJohn]

1 hour ago, phantomfiddler said:

Preferably her own

Exactly... Nosce te ipsum.

Start with yourself, Hillary. Let's find out if compulsive lying can be dealt with through counseling or therapy.

[ivan96822]

Clinton is untrustworthy and beyond dishonest.

 

I don't know how credible this source is, but Google "Clinton body count." It is worth a ten minute read...

[Rancid]

Yes, certain irony there considering her health speculation. Speculation that apparently is being censored by the media.

 

According to journalist David Seaman: "Huffington Post, where I was a contributor, they have revoked my publishing access and they've deleted both of my articles that were published earlier over the weekend.  Both of my articles have been pulled without notice of any kind.  Just completely deleted from the internet.  And both of those articles mention Hillary's health..."

 

Seems the Clinton machine is in action again, or just the MSM providing us with the usual selective and edited news?

[Boon Mee]

3 minutes ago, Rancid said:

Yes, certain irony there considering her health speculation. Speculation that apparently is being censored by the media.

 

According to journalist David Seaman: "Huffington Post, where I was a contributor, they have revoked my publishing access and they've deleted both of my articles that were published earlier over the weekend.  Both of my articles have been pulled without notice of any kind.  Just completely deleted from the internet.  And both of those articles mention Hillary's health..."

 

Seems the Clinton machine is in action again, or just the MSM providing us with the usual selective and edited news?

Discussed here:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939095-clinton-trump-health-allegations-a-wacky-strategy/?page=8

 

[Chicog]

1 hour ago, Rancid said:

Yes, certain irony there considering her health speculation. Speculation that apparently is being censored by the media.

 

According to journalist David Seaman: "Huffington Post, where I was a contributor, they have revoked my publishing access and they've deleted both of my articles that were published earlier over the weekend.  Both of my articles have been pulled without notice of any kind.  Just completely deleted from the internet.  And both of those articles mention Hillary's health..."

 

Seems the Clinton machine is in action again, or just the MSM providing us with the usual selective and edited news?

 

I think you mean "speculation from a right wing rag that their fairy story is being ignored by the media".

 

As I told Boon Mee, I'm sure Mr. Seaman will be able to pick up a job at Breitbart, they love writers who specialise in fiction.

[Chicog]

Yes, already debunked as another desperate Drudge fairy tale picked up by the rest of the whackjob right wing media and predictably by the desperate Trump campaign.

 

<yawn>

 

 

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While the above-displayed photographs are real, they are not the "latest evidence" of Clinton's alleged poor health, nor are they by themselves indicative of any significant health problems. The photographs were originally published in February 2016, more than five months before they started circulating on various right-wing web sites.

When Getty Images published their photograph, it was accompanied with a caption explaining that it depicted Clinton being assisted as she had just slipped while walked up stairs in South Carolina:

Democratic Presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slips as she walks up the stairs into the non-profit SC Strong, a 2 year residential facility that helps former felons, substance abusers, and homeless move into self-sufficiency February 24, 2016 in North Charleston.

 

http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-slipping-on-stairs/

 

[mamypoko]

Good old Ronny Ray-gun destroyed CA's mental health care system.

GOP breaks things and others have to put them back together.

Go get'em, Hillary! 

[SOTIRIOS]

...duhh...look who's talking....

 

...wake up America......

 

....drug machines....and war machines......

 

....who do you think their candidate is.......???

[Boon Mee]

1 hour ago, Chicog said:

Yes, already debunked as another desperate Drudge fairy tale picked up by the rest of the whackjob right wing media and predictably by the desperate Trump campaign.

 

<yawn>

 

 

http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-slipping-on-stairs/

 

 

She's a sick puppy, boys.

 

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-08/something-wrong-hillary-bizarre-behavior-seizure-allegations-raise-doubts-about-her-

 

That's some real mental health issues you gotta admit...

Edited August 30, 2016 by Boon Mee

[Rod Gold]

Me thinks, Clinton and Trump could both benefit from this proposal as patients. 

[212Roger]

Lead by example Hillary; you should sign yourself up!

[Silurian]

59 minutes ago, Rod Gold said:

Me thinks, Clinton and Trump could both benefit from this proposal as patients. 

 

Actually, I believe Clinton is thinking about all those poor souls that thought Trump would win the election. They are going to need some serious counseling when the reality hits hard. They will also need to be re-integrated back into normal (non-Trump) society.

[Jingthing]

I support our next president Hillary Clinton's proposals to improve the situation for those with mental health issues in the U.S.

[DaddyWarbucks]

7 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I support our next president Hillary Clinton's proposals to improve the situation for those with mental health issues in the U.S.

Yes, the fact that so many Americans have mental health issues is the only reason that they would go to the polls at all in this election.

[Motown239]

Using mental illness health service deficiencies to get volts is a stretch. America still needs national reform from hospital cost to pharmaceuticals.

Thirty odd years ago, states closed their mental hospitals. How outpatient treatment has become costly and insurance companies are throttling mental health services.

To be honest, this presidential run is simply payback for Bill's Whitehouse blowjob.


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[Steely Dan]

There she goes favoring her support base yet again.


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[Chicog]

You need some new material for that one eye of yours...

 

[Jingthing]

The 'short cut' is her obvious lack of health...

We're not worried. If trouble occurs Kaine will be a lovely president. This health smear only pleasures the trump base. It does nothing to expand that base. That base is not enough. Tough luck.

[Scott]

A number of off-topic posts have been removed.   The topic is about mental health treatment.   Trolling will result in LONG suspensions.   You have been warned.  

[Chicog]

More details of Clinton's approach here:

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/mental-health/