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Behavioral Health

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Behavioral Health Prevalence, Utilization, and Spending Among Older Adult Medicare Beneficiaries: A Chartbook

Older adults with behavioral health disorders often experience worse health and functional outcomes, have higher rates of emergency department visits, use more medications, and have higher health care costs than those without a behavioral health disorder. There is need for a greater understanding of the extent to which older adults experience behavioral health disorders.
ASPE Issue Brief, Report

Behavioral Health Crisis Services: Insurance Reimbursement

The National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) call for a sustainable infrastructure to respond to behavioral health crises, through crisis services that are accessible to anyone, anywhere, at any time.
Research Brief

Prevalence and Characteristics of Children Entering Foster Care to Receive Behavioral Health or Disability Services

Custody relinquishment occurs when children enter foster care primarily to receive behavioral health or disability services, not because of maltreatment. Parents may relinquish custody for a variety of reasons. Entering foster care could provide children with access to services that are otherwise unavailable due to limited capacity.
Report

Barriers to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnosis in Adults

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis and treatment among adults in the United States have increased over the past few decades. However, there are sex, racial, and ethnic disparities in diagnosis and treatment, and underdiagnosis persists.
Report

Implementation of Mobile Medication Units: Findings from a Qualitative Study

In light of the continuing opioid epidemic in the United States, DEA lifted a moratorium on approvals of new mobile medication units (MMUs) to increase access to OTPs. The new DEA guidance also authorized OTPs to add a “mobile component” to their existing registration, eliminating the separate registration requirement for MMUs.
ASPE Issue Brief

Behavioral Health Service Use Among Medicaid and CHIP Enrollees Before/During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

In 2020, 53 million adults in the United States had a mental health condition and 40 million people ages 12 and older had a substance use disorder (SUD). The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) exacerbated mental health conditions and SUDs at a time when access to in-person care was restricted due to safety concerns.
Report

Assessing the Feasibility of Creating a National Behavioral Health Workforce Database

The U.S. behavioral health (BH) workforce faces significant shortages and distribution disparities, hindering access to quality care and worsening health outcomes. A comprehensive, centralized database of BH providers is vital for advancing patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR), comparative effectiveness research (CER), and evidence-based policymaking.
ASPE Issue Brief

Medicaid Behavioral Health Providers Delivering Most Behavioral Health Services via Telehealth Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Issue Brief

The goal of this study was to examine the extent to which Medicaid providers who deliver behavioral health services shifted their practices to mostly tele-behavioral health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Report

Reentry and Housing Stability: Final Report

Individuals returning to the community from prisons and jails face numerous barriers to reentry, and securing safe, stable housing is often the most immediate challenge. Housing is a vital element of successful reentry.
Report

Federal Funding Compendium of Crisis Services: Final Report

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has recently developed guidelines for establishing a comprehensive crisis response system for behavioral health. Per these guidelines, a comprehensive system should provide individuals in crisis with “someone to call,” “someone to respond,” and “a place to go” to receive crisis response services.