Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of mental health care.
Even though Lakewood Church shooter Genesse Moreno once sought mental healthcare and had a long misdemeanor criminal record, she was never committed to a hospital or convicted of a felony.
2024 February 20, Bud Kennedy, “Haley talks Trump trials, money, NATO. Do Republicans hear her?”, in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, volume 118, number 301, Fort Worth, Tex., page 9A, column 52 more examples
For the consumer, mental healthcare can also be the most confusing area for treatment. Most of us are mentally healthy but must deal with the ordinary problems of living. When we seek help from mental healthcare providers, we are usually in the "worried well" category which responds to outpatient treatment visits.
1992, David H. Ellig, A Patient’s Survival Guide, or, Never Get Naked . . . On Your First Visit!, Mesa, Ariz.: Med. Ed. Inc., →ISBN, page 183Employee benefits include a debt-free college degree program, access to mental healthcare for employees and their families and the opportunity for yearly bonuses of an extra month’s worth of pay.
2024 February 21, Alyse Smith, “Bellingham is getting another Chipotle, but with a new twist”, in The Bellingham Herald, volume 136, number 29, Bellingham, Wash., page 9A, column 6
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