The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on the Practice of Psychiatry.

The authors reflect on the effects of the U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the practice of psychiatry. It mentions the ACA policies that are of particular importance to mental health care. An effect of ACA on the practice of psychiatry is the improvement of mental health care through its reinforced care delivery systems. It explains how the ACA could also hurt psychiatric care particularly in caring for the chronically mentally ill due to the absence of some services in the legislation.