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Toward Greater Accountability in Mental Health Care

WebAccountability in mental health care typically involves institutions that establish a set of goals, objectives, and standards for insurers, providers, and …

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The Current Medicaid Policy Debate and Implications for …

WebMedicaid is a major source of health coverage and financing for behavioral healthcare in the United States. The program covers a disproportionate share of …

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New Opportunities to Improve Mental Health Crisis Systems

WebCongress should help advance the new mission of mental health crisis lines, playing a central coordinating role in the crisis care continuum. Specifically, as Congress …

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Promoting the Mental Health of Parents and Children by …

WebAs state and federal policy makers respond to alarming increases in rates of mental health conditions among children and youths, many seek to move beyond …

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Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Addiction …

WebAlthough primary care often serves as the entry point for identifying and managing mental health concerns, and primary care physicians (PCPs) prescribe a …

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Meeting The Needs of Justice-Involved People With Serious …

WebThe criminalization hypothesis led to the development of “first generation” mental health and criminal justice interventions (10, 11). Although the content and …

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Medicaid’s Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) Exclusion Rule: A

WebThe IMD exclusion rule, which has been in place since the beginning of the Medicaid program in 1965, bars the use of federal Medicaid funds to finance services for …

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Improving Outcomes for People with Serious Mental Illness and …

WebImplementation of the SSI/SSDI Outreach, Assist, and Recovery (SOAR) Program, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration …

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Housing Is Mental Health Care: A Call for Medicaid Demonstration

WebUnderinvestment in housing has meant significant shortages of affordable housing for individuals with serious mental illness. Despite housing’s key role in …

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How Communities Must Use 988 to Improve Care and Correct …

WebIn recent years, crisis care reform has expanded to include not only addressing long-standing problems in providing appropriate care to people in mental …

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Policy Recommendations to Address Housing Shortages for …

WebAdults with mental health issues whose sole source of income is Supplemental Security Income—approximately $783 per month—are unable to pay …

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What About the Kids

WebAs of July 16, 2022, there is a three-digit number for mental health, substance use, and suicidal crises for all Americans, including children and adolescents. …

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Systemic, Racial Justice–Informed Solutions to Shift “Care” From …

WebIn sum, a mental health care system serving as intercept 0 would catch individuals with severe mental illness before they are ensnared in the criminal legal system.

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COVID-19, Structural Racism, and Mental Health Inequities: Policy

WebThus the deadly manifestations of structural racism in the context of COVID-19 have shone a light on inequities in mental and substance use disorders for oppressed …

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Growing Peer Support: Specialized Services at a Time of Crisis

Web1 Abstract. Peer support specialists are a growing workforce of skilled individuals who use their lived experience with mental health or substance use …

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Growing Peer Support: Specialized Services at a Time of Crisis

WebDear Reader, Now is the time to solve the growing behavioral health needs in our country. This paper and others in the Building Better Systems Series identify feasible changes …

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