PsiAN members have been reporting burdensome audits, which negatively affect clinicians and patients and seem to be lacking both in clinical rationale as well as the educational component that the audits purport to offer.

With the help of the Kennedy Forum, PsiAN prepared and submitted comments to the federal government in support of revising rules for the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).

Here’s the harrowing story of what happened when PsiAN dared to stand up to a major corporation. Linda Michaels offers her personal account of the experience of Talkspace suing PsiAN and its cofounders as individuals.

PsiAN issued a comment to the American Psychological Association (APA) regarding the Guideline Update Panel's (GUP) proposed framework for updating the PTSD guidelines.

PsiAN issues comments to the Federal Trade Commission on BetterHelp, regarding BetterHelp sharing customer data internally, with Facebook, and others for advertising purposes.

This wonderful new article in the American Prospect, The Fight for Mental Health Parity, does a fantastic job outlining the impacts of telehealth and the concerns over what happens to access to care when the public health emergency ends.

Comments to the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on anxiety/depression screening.

We have published our position paper on mental health apps and technology and launched our Push Back on Apps campaign.

PsiAN penned a letter and petition with nearly 2,500 signatures to the Federal Trade Committee (FTC) and the Attorneys General of New York, Illinois, and California to object to the misleading business practices of CareDash.com (now defunct).

Here is PsiAN’s statement on telehealth coverage and the policy, insurance, and licensing changes that need to occur so that people can continue to access care, even after some of the emergency orders expire.

PsiAN drafted a petition protesting the “weaponization” of therapy against the ORR and ICE and their agreement to share therapy notes for therapy sessions with immigrant children. This policy not only formalized these children’s betrayals but goes toward destroying the integrity of psychological therapy as a whole.

In August 2018, PsiAN wrote in support of the letter crafted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other profit organizations, and highlighted the needs to support police officers and others, such as 911 operators, who may be impacted by trauma, and to increase resources dedicated to mental health treatment, including supervision for those counseling first responders.

With the ongoing and increasingly lengthy detentions of families, parents, and children coming into the U.S., PsiAN has signed onto a letter sent to the President outlining the psychological and emotional effects of such potentially damaging treatment. To help disseminate, please download both letters and send to congress.

Psychotherapy Action Network’s Children’s Committee (PsiAN) has tasked itself with responding to a new Illinois state law requiring social-emotional screening of school-age children.

Help PsiAN preserve patients' right to choose from among the many forms of effective treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)!