AMHCA News

AMHCA Opens Registration for "Creative Therapy, Creating Change" 02/26/10

AMHCA has opened registration for its 2010 Annual Conference, "Creative Therapy, Creating Change." The conference takes place July 15-17, 2010, at the Westin Boston Waterfront in Boston, Massachusetts.

Editor Search for the Journal of Mental Health Counseling 02/19/10

The Journal of Mental Health Counseling is opening a search for the position of Editor. Application deadline is July 1, 2010.

View Proposed Revisions to DSM-5 02/19/10

Publication of the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is scheduled for May 2013. The preliminary draft revisions to the current diagnostic criteria for psychiatric diagnoses are now available for public review and comment.

IOM Panel Recommends Independent Practice for LMHCs Serving TRICARE Beneficiaries 02/12/10

February 12, 2010 – Today, with the release of its report titled "Provision of Mental Health Counseling Services under TRICARE," the Institutes of Medicine has recommended to Congress that licensed mental health counselors be able to independently treat and diagnose TRICARE patients, thus eliminating the physician supervision and referral requirement that has for so long defined mental health counselors’ work with TRICARE beneficiaries.