New Recommendations on Mental, Behavioral Health
A new federal committee has come out with recommendations for how the government can improve care for the 10 million adults with serious mental illness and 7 million adults and children who have serious emotional disturbances each year. Among the improvements called for:
-- Coordinate federal efforts more effectively.
-- Expand access to evidence-based best practices.
-- Steer people with serious mental illness or emotional disturbances to health settings instead of the criminal justice system. (Two million people with serious mental illness are incarcerated each year.)
-- Find ways to improve the availability and affordability of care.
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Medical Practice Operations and Administrative Senior Leader
6 年Long overdue.
Blessed Husband - Proud Father - Changemaker - Tireless Advocate for Youth - Program Director Idaho Youth ChalleNGe Academy - NGYCP National Training Committee Chair
6 年It is time we stop forming committees and task forces to come up with the same solutions. We have had these answers for decades and we don't do nearly enough.