Q & A with Bill Emmet: Mandating health reform
by Phyllis Vine
A coalition of advocates launched the Whole Health Campaign to remind presidential hopefuls that health reform is incomplete without including mental health and substance abuse in the calculus. In a conversation with MIWatch, Bill Emmet discusses this necessity.


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Q & A with Anela Ka’iliawa: Wellness in Action
By Sarah A.H. Ho
Sarah Ho speaks with Anela Ka’iliawa about the importance of a Wellness Recovery Action Program (WRAP), and how it has helped her learn about and manage her illness.


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Q & A with Dr. Andrew P. Levin: The intersection of psychiatry and law
a conversation with Phyllis Vine, editor
In the aftermath of Virginia Tech, a fair number of Monday-morning pundits have weighed in with opinions about how school officials, the police, and psychiatrists should have acted before tragedy hit. To clarify some of the issues about the intersection of law and psychiatry, MIWatch spoke with forensic psychiatrist Dr. Andrew P. Levin.
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Q & A with Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN) on insurance parity
by Phyllis Vine
Rep. Jim Ramstad talks about insurance parity which will put psychiatric and addi tive disorders on par with physican ailments.
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