Clinton plan would meld physical and mental health

Hillary Clinton’s new mental health plan aims to integrate America’s physical and mental health systems to “significantly enhance community-based treatment opportunities.”

On Monday, her campaign unveiled Clinton’s proposals for how the federal government will interact with Americans living with mental illnesses. “Her goal is that within her time in office, Americans will no longer separate mental health from physical health when it comes to access to care or quality of treatment,” the campaign said in a statement. “Hillary has been talking about mental health policy throughout her campaign, since hearing directly from American parents, students, veterans, nurses, and police officers about how these challenges keep them up at night.”