The Consequences of Untreated Mental Illness: New Study Takes a Comprehensive Look at Public Funding and Services

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

The city of Houston loses more than $5.6 billion every year in total productivity and annual earnings as a result of serious mental illness. This statistic comes as part of a new study on the consequences of untreated mental illness from the Mental Health Policy...

Yes, you can finance integrated health care in Texas!

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

It’s a common misconception that federally qualified health centers in Texas can’t bill for two services in one day because federal Medicaid rules won’t allow it. Participants in the Hogg Foundation’s Financing Integrated Health Care webinar learned that this belief...

The Criminalization of Mental Illness

Monday, August 8, 2011

A recent article in Psychiatric News highlighted the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that California must reduce its prison population due to substandard general and mental health care.  The ruling indicated that substandard care violates the Eighth Amendment’s...

Social Workers: Unsung Heroes of Health Care

Thursday, August 4, 2011

A recent Huffington Post article confirms what we already know about the important role of social workers and the value they contribute as members of the health care workforce.  In many respects, social workers are the “unsung heroes” of our health care...

Miss Ima Through the Eyes of A Friend

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Miss Ima Hogg was an extraordinary woman for the state of Texas and for the advancement of mental health, and we could not be more proud that she is the founder of our organization. Because of our fascination with Miss Ima, we love learning new things about her so we...

Be a Voice For Change and Learn About the Need for Bilingual Mental Health Services

Friday, July 29, 2011

Spanish is the second-most common language in the state of Texas with over 6.2 million people speaking the language in their homes (2006 U.S. Census Bureau), yet it continues to be a severely under-represented language among mental health professionals in the state....