Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

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Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Tim Murphy, former congressman and psychologist, shares his journey advocating for mental health reform through the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act and highlights the systemic failures in America's approach to serious mental illness. • Serious mental illness requires different treatment approaches than general mental health concerns • Current Medicaid restrictions only allow 15-day hospital stays with a 190-day lifetime limit • HIPAA laws often prevent necessary communication between doctors and families of mentally ill patients • Approximately 40% of prison inmates have serious mental illness, with jails becoming de facto psychiatric facilities…