March 25, 2010
Coverage for Mental and Physical Health Must Be Equal
Limiting benefits and requiring higher out-of-pocket costs for patients with mental health or substance use disorders is a practice that group health insurance plans must abandon, according to new rules issued by the US government. More »
May 17, 2009
PCPs Challenged to Obtain Mental Health Referrals
About two-thirds (66.8%) of primary care physicians (PCPs) in the United States have difficulty obtaining outpatient mental health services for their patients—a rate more than twice as high as rates for other services— according to study findings published online April 9 in Health Affairs. The study was conducted by Peter J. Cunningham, PhD, senior fellow at the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), Washington, DC, and funded by the Commonwealth Fund. More »
March 13, 2009
Insulin: A Possible Treatment for AD?
Researchers at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill, report that insulin, by shielding memory-forming synapses from injury, may slow or prevent the damage and memory loss caused by amyloid b–derived diffusible ligands (ADDLs)—toxic neuroproteins associated with Alzheimer disease (AD). Findings of the study, which provides additional evidence that AD may be caused by a new, third form of diabetes, were published in the February 10 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of... More »
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