Congress at Christmastime: When Suicide was in the Senate
4 min readDec 22, 2018
by Nicole M. “Nicci” Eisenhauer
The landmark ‘21st Century Cures Act of 2016’ saw its second anniversary on December seventeenth. Introduced in 2013 as the ‘Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act’, the bill was crafted by psychologist, Congressman Dr. Tim. Murphy, PhD. Dual-hatted as a Commander in Naval medicine, Murphy waged a four-year battle on stormy seas…