Why Aren’t We Doing More to Help Children?
Nov 28, 2022
People with mental health challenges, especially young people, face an overwhelmed and under-resourced health care system.
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Every day and in communities across the country, we are fighting to connect more people to the mental health and substance use treatment they deserve. Follow our work in the news; learn more about our virtual and in-person events; and visit our blog to gain insight into the state of the field, new treatment trends and opportunities for organizational excellence.
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Public PolicyWe advocate for federal and state funding, new and innovative care delivery and payment models, and a strong mental health and substance use treatment workforce.
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Workforce DevelopmentOur work focuses on the development of business, leadership, management and other needed skills with the aim of making their practice more impactful, efficient, effective and sustainable.
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Public HealthWe provide dynamic programming to build public health’s capacity for addressing mental health and substance use challenges.
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EquityWe must address the persistent health disparities rooted in systemic racism to improve individual and community health.
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Integrated HealthWe drive policy, social and practice changes that use integrated health as a proven solution to closing the mortality gap and expanding access to comprehensive, coordinated care.
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New Guidelines for Youth Crisis Care, NatCon23 Registration
Nov 18, 2022
BY THE NUMBERS A new study examined disparities in buprenorphine treatment duration for 240,923 patients from 2006 to 2020. Researchers found that racial and ethnic disparities in the discontinuation of opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment with buprenorphine increased in the 14-year study period. In analyzing trends in treatment duration,…