SPOTLIGHT
Radical Collaboration: Breaking Down Barriers, Driving Towards Equity
 On Wednesday, July 20, NRI’s Senior Director of Consulting and Research, Jennifer Bronson, Ph.D. spoke at the Alliance for Health Policy’s 2022 Summit on Mental Health in America. She was a part of a panel on Radical Collaboration: Breaking Down Barriers, Driving Towards Equity that covered innovative ways in which stakeholders across multiple sectors are partnering to coordinate and integrate mental health and substance use disorder care. Dr. Bronson discussed the CCBHC model and how it can improve health equity and whole-person mental health care.
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STATE AND FEDERAL
Connecticut’s Statewide Youth Mobile Crisis Service
Connecticut’s statewide mobile crisis services divert children and adolescents from the emergency department and criminal legal systems. Read more.
Tribal Operated Behavioral Health Program in New Mexico
The Jicarilla Apache Nation Behavioral Health Department (JBHD) is a tribally operated program located in Dulce, New Mexico. The JBHD primarily provides services to tribal members of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, but also to non-tribal community members. Learn more.
Efforts to Reduce Use of Seclusion, Restraint at Pennsylvania State Hospitals Found Successful
The frequency and duration of mechanical restraint, physical restraint, and seclusion on patients committed to six Pennsylvania state hospitals and two forensic centers significantly declined between 2011 and 2020, according to a report published in Psychiatric Services. Read more.
How States Are Administering Opioid Settlement Funds
States are beginning to receive lump sums of money as the result of independent and multi-state settlement agreements with pharmaceutical companies and others involved in the distribution and sale of prescription opioids. The National Academy for State Health Policy created a map that shows enacted state legislation related to opioid settlement funds. Learn more.
HRSA Best Practices Guide: Telehealth For Behavioral Health Care
The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published a best practice guide for providers on telehealth for behavioral health care. Read more.
Issue Brief: Implementation Guide for State Leaders
This issue brief from IPS Employment Center outlines how state leaders can facilitate the implementation, quality, and longevity of IPS services, including guidance around communication, financing, policy alignment, training, fidelity/outcome monitoring, and building community to prepare for sustainment. Read more.
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RESEARCH
Study Points to Benefit of Removing Barriers to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
A policy shift early in the pandemic from requiring people with opioid use disorder to report daily to clinics for methadone to sending stable patients home with a 28-day supply of the medication did not appear to lead to increased overdose deaths involving methadone relative to overdose deaths involving other substances, suggests a report published in JAMA Psychiatry. Read more.
Child Care Stress Among Health Care Workers Associated With Burnout, Intent to Reduce Hours
Health care workers who reported experiencing high levels of stress about child care during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic were more likely to report anxiety, depression, and burnout compared with those without child care stress, according to a report published in JAMA Network Open. Read more.
Transmission of Anxiety Disorders More Common Among Parents and Children of Same Sex
A child may have a greater risk of developing an anxiety disorder if his or her parent of the same sex has an anxiety disorder, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Read more.
Improved Screening and Treatments for Sleep Problems Could Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
Improved screening and treatments for sleep problems could help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in coming years when the number of cases of AD worldwide is expected to increase dramatically. Read more.
Planning Around Patient Strengths Can Reduce Emergency Department Stays for Psychiatric Problems
A safety planning framework that focuses on one’s strengths can improve the outcomes of patients admitted to an emergency department (ED) with psychiatric distress, reports a study in Psychiatric Services in Advance. Read more.
Anger Issues as Veterans Leave Military May Point to Future Mental Health Problems, Study Finds
American service members whose anger causes them significant distress and decreased function (problematic anger) during their transition to civilian life may have a higher risk of mental health conditions such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a study in JAMA Network Open has found. Read more.
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