Mad in America

AUGUST 17, 2024

For the next few years, I navigated the labyrinth of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) privacy policies, which hindered communication about the right mental health plan for my son. So his hospitalization nearly doubled his separation from his family. We were kept in the dark.

Hospitality 120

Hospitality Trauma and the brain Mental health advocacy Mental health policy 120

Mad in America

MAY 15, 2024

I still use the DSM because I need to pay my bills and I cannot send a diagnosis to an insurance company and say, “This patient is deprived of accomplishments, purpose, and social interactions.” Siem: Your nonprofit, the New England Psychiatry Mentorship Institute, is fairly new.

Legal 122

Legal Nonprofits Insurance Pharmaceuticals 122

Mad in America

AUGUST 28, 2024

is the nature of these large nonprofit conglomerates that provide mental health services. They not only have to comply with regulations and insurance company requirements but there’s also often a lack of advocacy at the higher levels to support specific programs like Open Dialogue.

Trauma and the brain 119

Trauma and the brain Mind-body connection Nonprofits Education 119

Mad in America

JUNE 26, 2024

In grad school, I had the best health insurance I’ve ever had in my whole life. And I was in this intensive outpatient program. Structured meals were part of it. In the past, really no treatment that I had received had worked.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 123

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Aging and mental health Healthcare Eating disorders 123

Mad in America

JUNE 8, 2024

Yet many call centers had no visible privacy policies at all, while others were operated by health care companies that outlined their Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy obligations but didn’t mention 988 data. Others had policies covering only website visitors—and even those were misleading.

Technology 145

Technology Nonprofits Insurance Legal 145

Mad in America

JULY 17, 2024

Many of these programs don’t even take insurance, so well-off families pay cash, making them the true clients. In a neoliberal model where nonprofits contract with the government, figuring out contracts adds another layer of difficulty. Ironically, people in elite settings often felt much more controlled.

Poverty and mental health 138

Poverty and mental health Hospitality Family dynamics Nonprofits 138

Mad in America

MARCH 11, 2025

By the mid to late 20th century, neoliberal policies led to cuts in social programs, shifting social responsibility from the state to mostly nonprofits and privatized services. We all know the dire working conditions in the public and nonprofit social service sectors these dayspoorly managed and exploitative, to say the least.

Poverty and mental health 111

Poverty and mental health Social Services Nonprofits Aging and mental health 111