Hillary’s Mental Health Plan Could Help Make Sure It Gets Bette

I agree. The decades of separating the mind from the body is detrimental to healing.





Hillary’s Mental Health Plan Could Help Make Sure It Gets Better

http://www.advocate.com/election/2016/8/29/hillary-clintons-mental-health-plan-could-help-it-get-better-lgbt-folks


Hillary Clinton

The Democratic presidential nominee’s comprehensive plan calls for treating mental health care in the same fashion as preventive and medical care — especially among at-risk communities (including ours).


By Sunnivie Brydum



August 29 2016 5:29 PM EDT


Hillary Clinton’s campaign today released a comprehensive plan to improve access to mental health care in the United States, highlighting the economic and human cost of untreated depression, suicidal ideation, and numerous other conditions.

If it were put into place, Clinton’s strategy could have a ripple effect for LGBT people, who are not only more likely to struggle with mental health than their straight, cisgender (nontrans) peers, but are also often unable to access competent health care to help them manage these issues.

Perhaps most importantly for LGBT people, Clinton’s mental health platform calls for federal support for suicide prevention, including a national initiative to combat suicide led by the U.S. Surgeon General and the adoption of evidence-based suicide prevention and mental health programs in high schools, colleges, and universities. The platform directly mentions LGBT people in its pledge to work with schools and experts “to ensure that students of color and LGBT students are receiving adequate mental health coverage.”

Promising that Clinton will convene a White House conference on mental health during her first year as president, the platform calls for the unification of mental and physical health care, intended to ensure “the next generation [grows] up knowing that mental health is a key component of overall health and there is no shame, stigma, or barriers to seeking out care.”...................