National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc.

an educational foundation and advocacy organization serving mental health consumers and professionals

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ARTICLES, FEATURES AND PRESENTATIONS

Mental Health Disparity Version 2.0
An Open Letter About Financial Discrimination Against Mental Health Services By Ivan J. Miller

Our New E-Zine.  Don't miss our timely updates on things that impact you.

For Professionals - Heads Up on the RED Flag Rule re: Identity Theft
What YOU need to do to legally cover your practice
Thanks to Karen Shore, PhD for this

Ivan Miller on Professional Reimbursement from Insurers 

Balanced Choice: A Common Sense Cure for the U.S. Health Care Systems.
by Ivan J. Miller, Ph.D., AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2006. 173 pages.

The Efficiency and Quality of Commercial Mental Health Care in Southeastern Pennsylvania
 Executive Summary - An inquiry in to workings of Magellan Health

Good Mental Health Coverage Brings Big Returns

Hijacking Psychotherapy (HTML) (PDF)

Compendium of Articles on Privacy that have been in the media.

Don't Let Them Take Your Mind and Spirit: On Being Called a "Provider"

PROCARE & the NC COALITION for MENTAL HEALTH JOIN FORCES
by Perry Miller, D.Min.

Yates Jury Believes the Myths of Mental Illness 

Mental Health Parity Laws by State

Health Benefits & Laws Tool

Mental Health Policy in the 21st Century

Remarks of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy made at The University of Texas Southwestern, Department of Psychiatry  on January  28, 2002

For the Professional:  Suggested Readings on Trauma

ERs Feel Strain Of Mentally Ill

Fighting to Eliminate the External Management of Care:
What Does Character Have to Do With It?

Helping People Off The Streets:
Civil Rights for the Brain

13 Things Your Health Insurer Doesn't Want You To Know
By Vicki Lankarge of insure.com

Minnesota Attorney General Fights Back Against Managed Care
Articles from the Minneapolis Tribune

Getting Mental Health Help for Kids in Crisis is Tricky
By Vicki Lankarge of insure.com

Premedicated Murder - a novel by one of our own - - -
"Premedicated Murder" by Elaine Crovitz, Ph.D.   In this novel of malice, murder and managed care, the author portrays the sinister aspects of today's health care world.  Click here to buy it NOW

Managed Care Ethics: The Close View - Prepared For U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Commerce Subcommittee On Health And Environment -  Michael Bilirakis, Chair 05/30/1996
By Linda Peeno, MD

The Menace of Managed Care:  A Guide to How Avoidance, Denial and Control Can Result in Patient Harm - Prepared For U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Commerce Subcommittee On Health And Environment -  Michael Bilirakis, Chair 10/28/1997
By Linda Peeno, MD

Report of the Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health: A National Action Agenda

Behavioral Health Matters
Managed Care's Treatment of Chronic and Relapsing Patients
From :Drug Benefit Trends^®
By Jay M. Pomerantz, MD
[Drug Benefit Trends 12(11):2BH-3BH, 2000. © 2000 Cliggott Publishing Co., Division of SCP/Cliggott Communications, Inc.]

Protecting Psychotherapy: Managed Care and Beyond
By Karen Shore, Ph.D.
Founder and Past President, National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc.

Key Elements Needed to Protect Medical Information Privacy

Who Controls Quality Control? Corporate Expropriation And Professional Abandonment Of The Healing Arts
By Bernard McDowell

Our Story
By Sheri Larivee, Board Member of the National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc.

What is ERISA and Is Your Insurance Plan an ERISA Plan?
by Consumers for Quality Care and Harvey Frey, MD, PhD, JD

A Psychiatrist's Expert Report on the First HMO Malpractice Lawsuit
By Barry Herman, MD, MMM Member of The Executive Board of the National Coalition of Mental health Professionals and Consumers, Inc.

Eleven Unethical Managed Care Practices Every Patient Should Know About  (With emphasis on mental health care)
By Ivan Miller, Ph.D.  June 1998

A Death Knell for Clinical Psychologists as Psychotherapists
By Karen Shore, Ph.D.
Founder and Past President, National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc.

End Secret Treatment Guidelines!
By Ivan Miller, Ph.D.

Address at the Nurses' March on Washington
Capitol Building, May 10, 1996
By Karen Shore, Ph.D.
Founder and Past President, National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc.

Don't Let Them Take Your Mind and Spirit: On Being Called a "Provider"
A speech delivered by Dr. Karen Shore upon acceptance of the "1997 Distinguished Psychologist of the Year" Award from the American Psychological Association's Division of Independent Practice.

The Time Has Come to Choose the Replacement for Managed Health Care
By Ivan J. Miller, Ph.D.

The Death of Independent Practice Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
By Ivan J. Miller, Ph.D.

What ERISA Means by 'Equitable': The Supreme Court's Trail of Error
by JOHN H. LANGBEIN