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View Proposed Revisions to DSM-5 02/19/10

Publication of the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is scheduled for May 2013. The preliminary draft revisions to the current diagnostic criteria for psychiatric diagnoses are now available for public review and comment.

IOM Panel Recommends Independent Practice for LMHCs Serving TRICARE Beneficiaries 02/12/10

February 12, 2010 – Today, with the release of its report titled "Provision of Mental Health Counseling Services under TRICARE," the Institutes of Medicine has recommended to Congress that licensed mental health counselors be able to independently treat and diagnose TRICARE patients, thus eliminating the physician supervision and referral requirement that has for so long defined mental health counselors’ work with TRICARE beneficiaries.

Rep. Rooney Named Honorary Chair of 2010 Mental Health Counseling Week 02/11/10

AMHCA names Florida Representative Thomas J. Rooney as Honorary Chair of its 2010 Mental Health Counseling Week, May 3-9, 2010.

Federal Government Sets Mental Health Parity in Motion with Issuance of Regulations 02/01/10

With the issuance of mental health and substance abuse parity regulations, the Federal Government has set in motion enactment of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.