Mental health policy in the news

Students are to look for a specific mental health policy issue in the news: TV, radio (NPR), newspaper, and/or the internet. In addition, students are encouraged to subscribe to Todays Clips (UT Austin) by sending an email to:

Two other good resources for keeping informed about mental health policy are:

• MHA/Mental Health America (aka National Mental Health Association):
• NIMH/National Institute of Mental Health:

Note: This write up must adhere to APA formatting (including title page, reference page if appropriate, headings, font size, double spaced, etc).

Grading Criteria (Total Possible Points: 10)

• Selection of an appropriate mental health policy issue (2 points)
• Use of appropriate news/media means to obtain mental health policy information (must identify means in paper) (2 points)
• Summary adequately provides basic information regarding policy issue to instructor. (2 points)
• Submission adheres to APA formatting (2 point)
• Submission is of appropriate length and is grammatically appropriate (2 points)