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				Health  Mental Health   Document Name    Date   Document Type  2013 Legislative Summary: Mental Health   Jan. 6, 2014 Legislative Analysis 2019 Budget: Health and Human Services   Mar. 12, 2018 Legislative Analysis A Mental Health Crisis Looms for Anxious Americans   Mar. 23, 2020 Legislative Analysis Addington v. Texas: Brief Summary   Apr. 30, 1970 Case Summary Addington v. Texas: U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Establishing a "Clear and Convincing" Standard of Proof in Cases Involving Involuntary Civil Commitments to Mental Institutions   Apr. 30, 1979 Primary Source Ake v. Oklahoma: Brief Summary   Feb. 26, 1985 Case Summary Ake v. Oklahoma: Ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court Holding that Indigents Pleading Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Have the Right to Psychiatric Assistance. Justices T. Marshall, W.H. Rehnquist   Feb. 26, 1985 Primary Source Allen v. Illinois: Brief Summary   Jul. 1, 1986 Case Summary Alzheimer's Association     Encyclopedia Entry Alzheimer's Disease Overview     Encyclopedia Entry Alzheimer's Disease, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Arizona v. Mauro: Brief Summary   May 4, 1987 Case Summary Atkins v. Virginia   Jun. 20, 2002 Case Summary Bailout Buoys Mental Health Parity Bill   Oct. 6, 2008 Legislative Analysis Barefoot v. Estelle (463 U.S. 880): Brief Summary   Jul. 6, 1983 Case Summary Behavior-Modifying Medication   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Bipartisanship Emerges in Gun Bill   Dec. 4, 2017 Legislative Analysis Childhood Depression   Jul. 16, 1999 CQ Researcher City of Cleburne, Texas v. Cleburne Living Center Inc.: Brief Summary   Jul. 1, 1985 Case Summary Colorado v. Connelly: Brief Summary   Dec. 10, 1986 Case Summary Community Mental Health Centers, 1965 Legislative Chronology   1965 Legislative Analysis Community Mental Health Centers, 1967 Legislative Chronology   1967 Legislative Analysis Community Mental Health Centers, 1970 Legislative Chronology   1970 Legislative Analysis Cooper v. Oklahoma: Brief Summary   Apr. 16, 1996 Case Summary Decision-Making Capacity: Advance Directives     Encyclopedia Entry Dementia as a Result of Disease     Encyclopedia Entry Department of the Treasury v. Galioto: Brief Summary   Jun. 27, 1986 Case Summary Depression: Indicators and Treatment     Encyclopedia Entry Document of the U.S. Public Health Service: "The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Suicide, 1999"   Jul. 28, 1999 Primary Source Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd: Brief Summary   Apr. 17, 1991 Case Summary Employer Guidelines on Mental Disabilities: "Enforcement Guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Psychiatric Disabilities"   Mar. 25, 1997 Primary Source Estelle v. Smith (451 U.S. 454): Brief Summary   May 18, 1981 Case Summary Excerpts from Three Studies of Mental Health Published in the October Issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry   Oct. 2, 1984 Primary Source Federal Leaders Remark on the Navy Yard Shooting and Mental Health Care in America   Sep. 16, 2013 Primary Source Ford v. Wainwright: Brief Summary   Jun. 26, 1986 Case Summary Foucha v. Louisiana: Brief Summary   May 18, 1992 Case Summary Functional Impairment: Cognitive/Physical Limitations     Encyclopedia Entry Funding Crisis Looms for Promising Mental Health Clinics   Apr. 29, 2019 Legislative Analysis Getting the Mental Health System Ready for Action   Jul. 21, 2008 Legislative Analysis Gov. Malloy and President Obama Remark on Sandy Hook School Shooting   Dec. 15, 2012 Primary Source Guns and Mental Health: Stymied by Association?   Oct. 7, 2013 Legislative Analysis Heller, Secretary, Kentucky Cabinet for Human Resources v. Doe: Brief Summary   Jun. 24, 1993 Case Summary Homeless Programs, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Illinois Budget Impasse Causes Mental Health Crisis   Sep. 26, 2016 Legislative Analysis In Maryland, if You Try To Kill Yourself, It Could Mean Jail   Feb. 25, 2019 Legislative Analysis Jackson v. Indiana: Brief Summary   Jun. 7, 1972 Case Summary Jeffe v. Redmond: Opinions of the Supreme Court on Therapist-Patient Privilege, Justices J.P. Stevens   Jun. 13, 1996 Primary Source Jones v. United States (463 U.S. 354): Brief Summary   Jun. 29, 1983 Case Summary Kansas v. Crane   Jan. 22, 2002 Case Summary Kansas v. Hendricks: Opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court on Confining Sex Offenders, Justice C. Thomas   Jun. 23, 1997 Primary Source Letter from Former President R. Reagan Announcing He Has Alzheimer's Disease   Nov. 5, 1994 Primary Source Losing a Million Minds: Confronting the Tragedy of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias. Report of the Office of Technology Assessment   Apr. 7, 1987 Primary Source McKune v. Lile   Jun. 10, 2002 Case Summary McNeil v. Director, Patuxent Institution: Brief Summary   Jun. 19, 1972 Case Summary Medina v. California: Brief Summary   Jun. 22, 1992 Case Summary Mental Health Courts, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Mental Health Insurance   Mar. 29, 2002 CQ Researcher Mental Health Is Back in the Spotlight   Jan. 26, 2015 Legislative Analysis Mental Health Joins Gun Control Atop Post-Newtown Agenda   Jan. 21, 2013 Legislative Analysis Mental Health Parity Bill Clears   Nov. 16, 2002 Legislative Analysis Mental Health Parity's Price Problem   Feb. 8, 2010 Legislative Analysis Mental Health Parity   2007 - 2008 Legislative Analysis Mental Health Parity   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Mental Health Policy   May 10, 2013 CQ Researcher Mental Health Projects, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis Mental Health Services, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Mental Illness Medication Debate   Feb. 6, 2004 CQ Researcher Mental Retardation Centers, 1967 Legislative Chronology   1967 Legislative Analysis Mental Retardation Facilities, 1970 Legislative Chronology   1970 Legislative Analysis Mental-Health Advocate Returns to Spotlight Issue   Oct. 14, 2013 Legislative Analysis Mental-Health Parity, on Paper and in Practice   Apr. 22, 2013 Legislative Analysis Metropolitan Edison Co. v. People Against Nuclear Energy (PANE), United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) v. PANE (460 U.S. 766): Brief Summary   Apr. 19, 1983 Case Summary Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Massachusetts, Travelers Insurance Co. v. Massachusetts: Brief Summary   Jun. 3, 1985 Case Summary Mills v. Rogers (457 U.S. 291): Brief Summary   Jun. 18, 1982 Case Summary Multi-Infarct Dementia     Encyclopedia Entry O'Connor v. Donaldson: Brief Summary   Jun. 26, 1975 Case Summary O'Connor v. Donaldson: U.S. Supreme Court Unanimous Ruling That a State Cannot Confine Mentally Ill in Psychiatric Hospitals That Fail to Provide Treatment. Justice P. Stewart, Chief Justice W. E. Burger   Jun. 26, 1975 Primary Source Olmstead, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Human Resources v. L.C.: Brief Summary   Jun. 22, 1999 Case Summary Olmstead, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Human Resources v. L.C.: Detailed Summary   Jun. 22, 1999 Case Summary Olmstead, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Human Resources v. L.C.: Opinion Excerpt   Jun. 22, 1999 Primary Source Parham v. J.L.: Brief Summary   Jun. 20, 1979 Case Summary Penhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman: Brief Summary   Jan. 23, 1984 Case Summary Penry v. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division   Jun. 4, 2001 Case Summary Penry v. Johnson, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division: Opinion of the Supreme Court on Death Sentence of Mentally Retarded Convicted Rapist and Murderer; Justice O'Connor   Jun. 4, 2001 Primary Source "Preliminary Estimates from the 1995 National Household Survey of Drug Abuse," by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration   Aug. 20, 1996 Primary Source President Bush Signs Mental Health Parity Law   Oct. 3, 2008 Primary Source Presidential Commission Report on Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America   Jul. 22, 2003 Primary Source Prevention Efforts Yet to Stem Military Suicides   May 13, 2013 Legislative Analysis Protections for Mentally Ill, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Protections for Mentally Ill, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Psychiatric Services     Encyclopedia Entry Pushback on Plan for Mental-Health Drugs   Feb. 3, 2014 Legislative Analysis Reagan, Ronald, and Social Plan for Aging     Encyclopedia Entry Report by Surgeon General D. Satcher on Mental Health   Dec. 13, 1999 Primary Source Report of the Public Citizen Health Research Group and National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: "Care of the Seriously Mentally Ill"   Sep. 11, 1990 Primary Source Resistance Grows to 'Converting' Gays     Legislative Analysis Riggins v. Nevada: Brief Summary   May 18, 1992 Case Summary Secretary of Public Welfare of Pennsylvania v. Institutionalized Juveniles et al.: Brief Summary   Jun. 20, 1979 Case Summary Smith v. Murray: Brief Summary   Jun. 26, 1986 Case Summary States are Taking Guns from Warm, Live Hands   Jul. 8, 2019 Legislative Analysis Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Surgeon General on Minority Mental Health: "Culture, Race, and Ethnicity"   Aug. 26, 2001 Primary Source Surgeon General Report on Suicide Prevention: "National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action"   May 2, 2001 Primary Source Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc. & Olmstead v L.C.: Supreme Court Opinions on the Americans with Disabilities Act, Justices S.D. O'Connor, R.B. Ginsburg   Jun. 22, 1999 Primary Source Tau and Alzheimer's     Encyclopedia Entry Traynor v. Turnage and McKelvey v. Turnage: Ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court Upholding the Veterans Administration's Authority to Characterize Alcoholism Not Connected with Psychiatric Illness as the Veteran's Own Fault. Justices B.R White, H.A. Blackmun   Apr. 20, 1988 Primary Source Treating Depression   Jun. 26, 2009 CQ Researcher U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Report: Recommendations and Rationale: Screening for Depression   May 21, 2002 Primary Source U.S. v. Vuitch: Brief Summary   Apr. 21, 1971 Case Summary United States v. John W. Hinckley, Jr.: Verdict in Trial for Attempted Assassination of President R. Reagan   Jun. 21, 1982 Primary Source Vietnam Vets Counseling, 1979 Legislative Chronology   1979 Legislative Analysis Vitek v. Jones: Brief Summary   Mar. 25, 1980 Case Summary Washington v. Harper: Brief Summary   Feb. 27, 1990 Case Summary Youngberg v. Romeo: Ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court on Entitlement of Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Persons to Due Process Protections. Justices L.F. Powell, Jr., W.E. Burger   Jun. 18, 1982 Primary Source Youth Suicide   Feb. 13, 2004 CQ Researcher Zinermon v. Burch: Brief Summary   Feb. 27, 1990 Case Summary
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