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Torrance State Hospital is one of six State Hospitals in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The facility, operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS), provides inpatient treatment for people with severe and persistent mental illness.
The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) was legislation signed by American President Jimmy Carter which provided grants to community mental health centers. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, who had made major efforts during his governorship to reduce funding and enlistment for California mental institutions, pushed a political effort through the Democratically controlled House of ...
The Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) is legislation signed into United States law on September 26, 1996 that requires annual or lifetime dollar limits on mental health benefits to be no lower than any such dollar limits for medical and surgical benefits offered by a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering coverage in connection with a group health plan.
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We value your input and encourage you to reach out to our support team if you encounter any issues. Melissa Stilwell, is a Mental Health Counseling specialist practicing in Media, PA with undefined years of experience. This provider currently accepts 13 insurance plans. New patients are welcome and they also offer telehealth appointments.
The Pennsylvania State Hospital System is a network of psychiatric hospitals operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. At its peak in the late 1940s the system operated more than twenty hospitals and served over 43,000 patients. As of 2011 fewer than nine sites remain in use, and many of those serve far fewer patients than they once did.
Mental health-related legal concepts include mens rea, insanity defences; legal definitions of "sane," "insane," and "incompetent;" informed consent; and automatism, amongst many others. Statutory law usually takes the form of a mental health statute. An example is the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales. These acts codify aspects of ...