The Complicated Relationship Between the FEDS and the STATES under Olmstead

It's very hard to see how we FUND the level of support needed for Cognitive Disability in the US (and for that matter around the World) ---

• If we don't get some better understandings and treatments.
  • There are ACCESS ISSUES --- BUT THAT IS HARDLY THE ONLY PROBLEM.

 
There has been a lot of cachet around the brain and all things neural ---

• BUT the more we learn about "PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS"
  • The more they start to look like other disorders and diseases we're more familiar with.
    • It is the BRAIN -- but it's not just the brain.

 
Further, the more you look at other disorders and diseases --- the more you see that there are some "PSYCHIATRIC COMPONENTS."
 
Once you get to "DISABILITY" that is resulting in "UNNECESSARY INSTITUTIONALIZATION" ---

• If you're in the US --- that's an OLMSTEAD ISSUE.

 
One of the reasons why COGNITIVE DISABILITY is such a HUGE PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE is because FAMILIES can often not afford the SUPPORT needed.

Further, if you've got a Health Care System that is arbitrarily focused on people with IQs below 70 and Neuro-Developmental DIFFERENCE/DISORDER/DISABILITY ---

What happens to those people with an IQ over 70 and a Neuro-Developmental "Disorder" -- ?

Well, they are often not identified.

RESEARCH and TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH and MEDICINE are generally FEDERAL ISSUES.

The responsibilities for services for people with disabilities is generally a shared responsibility under Medicaid.

The responsibilities on the State to prevent UNNECESSARY INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Olmstead decision and subsequent caselaw and guidance run beyond Medicaid.

Under 504 of the Rehabilitation Act there is to be no discriminaton based on disability for programs receiving federal funding.

Disability Housing under HUD (the US Department of Housing & Urban Development is NOT an ENTITLEMENT.

The Medicaid's prohibition against FUNDING INSTITUTES of MENTAL DISEASE without MORE was well intentioned ---

• Unfortunately, in many cases it gave people with "Mental Illness" and their advocates a PYRRHIC VICTORY --- rather than a TRUE VICTORY.
  

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

PTSD Biomarkers Found in Blood

Neuroscience News
March 27, 2023

"A new study found that people who are currently suffering or face a high risk of post-traumatic stress disorder show particular patterns in four biomarkers measurable with a simple blood test.


"The findings suggest these biomarkers could be used to predict a person’s likelihood of developing PTSD, diagnose the disorder or monitor the response to treatment."

Kings College London

Study Maps Out Links Between Psychosis and Our Immune System

Neuroscience News
March 27, 2023

A victory in which the results of the casualties incurred are so devastating that calling it a victory is arguable.