Depression, Suicide, Discrimination and Parity

• By: Andrew Malekoff, LCSW, CASAC North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center
• July 1st, 2018
• civil rights in healthcare, depression treatment, healthcare discrimination, insurance parity, mental health access, network adequacy, substance use treatment, suicide prevention
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In the immediate aftermath of the suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain Gov. Cuomo issued a press release about new funding to address the rising rate of suicide. He stated: “Two high-profile suicides this week put mental illness front and center, but while those names were the ones in...