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Following up on a critical report in 2013, the California Department of Managed Health Care found Kaiser Permanente had not resolved concerns about providing timely and appropriate access to treatment.
The chief of the Department of Health and Human Services says Democrats and Republicans can reach accord on many issues beyond the health law.
A 50-state analysis details incidence rates of mental illness and access to care across the country.
People who have lost significant weight are uneasy about how much to reveal in online dating profiles, and research shows they have good reason to be.
Six states allow these counselors
Strong leadership and common-sense budgeting created a model mental health care system in San Antonio.
With specialized training and a redirection of resources, San Antonio's police force is taking better care of mentally ill people, keeping them out of jail and saving $10 million a year.
A one-year pilot project in Gosnold, Mass., provides recovering addicts with daily, sometimes hourly, help from a recovery coach.
It offers a plan geared to people with serious mental illnesses that will coordinate physical and behavioral services.
Patients in rural hospitals often have to wait days to see a psychiatrist. South Carolina is a leader in turning that around.
Caregivers blame Pennsylvania's decision not to expand Medicaid, as well as the continued stigma of seeking such care.
That state has defined autism behavioral therapy as a type of medical benefit not subject to the mental health parity law, a move that allows insurers more latitude to limit the benefits they offer.
Sheriff in San Francisco wants to make sure the 30,000 prisoners who come through the jail system every year have health insurance on the day they're released.
Even if parents are providing health insurance, they often can't find out about what's happening when their adult children suffer from severe mental illnesses.
The intersection of law enforcement and mental health has been a huge issue in Connecticut since the Newtown shootings. One department is training 20 percent of its officers to handle people with mental illnesses better.
But an influential panel of experts says there isn't enough evidence to recommend screening tests for the public.
In states that agreed to expand Medicaid, about 3 million people who have those conditions are now eligible for coverage, however the 24 states that refused the Medicaid expansion have nearly millions with severe mental illness without insurance.
Games, stories, tai chi and dancing help patients -- and caregivers -- cope with memory loss
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