Because Medicaid is the nation’s primary payer for mental health services, changes in Medicaid policies-even those policies that are not specifically related to mental health services-can have significant effects on public mental health systems, according to research reported in the November issue of Psychiatric Services, a journal of the American Psychiatric Association. Some of these effects may not be intended or fully understood. Author Jeffrey A. Buck, Ph.D.
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