Mental health advocates are praising a state report as validation that a bill expanding mental health care and substance abuse treatment will not be too costly, a chief concern of business and insurance groups.
Seeing a psychologist or other mental health professional isn't an unusual thing; in fact it's relatively common. Nearly three in ten U.S. adults (29%) report that they have received treatment or therapy from a psychologist or other mental health professional.
Members of the area's N.C. House delegation have asked state health officials to help Southeastern Center for Mental Health work through its financial issues.
LITTLE ROCK — A southeast Arkansas mental health provider for children closed its doors Wednesday, a day after a judge cleared the way for the state to terminate Medicaid payments to the facility.
