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Date: 12/22/2011 10:00 AM Media Contact: SAMHSA Press Office Telephone: 240-276-2130 A new working definition of recovery from mental disorders and substance use disorders is being announced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The definition is the product of a year-long effort by SAMHSA and a wide range of partners in [...] By Phil Galewitz KHN Staff Writer Sep 24, 2011 Autism treatment advocates have won one legislative battle after another since 2007, most recently in California, which sent a bill to the governor this month mandating that insurers cover the disorder. Now more than half the states have such requirements, but that success could be in [...] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2011 Contact: HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343 New data: Affordable Care Act helps one million additional young adults get health insurance Today, the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data illustrating that the Affordable Care Act has helped increase [...]  September 21st, 2011 |  Leave a comment |  Advocacy & Education, Consumers & Families, Regulations & Legislation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released an online tool to help patients find healthcare quality information and select local providers. The tool, called Comparing Health Care Quality: A National Directory, allows users to select a region on an online map and then provides links to reports from local quality organizations and hospital associations. The [...] In August 2010, leaders in the behavioral health field, including people in recovery from mental health and addiction problems and SAMHSA met to explore the development of a common, unified definition of recovery. Prior to this conversation it was very apparent as to the need of a common definition. In fact, SAMHSA had separate [...] The second of the new SAMHSA toolkits authored by AHP has finally been released. Hard copies of the Consumer-Operated Services KIT and DVD are expected to be available soon. Until they are available in those formats, the SAMHSA web site has all of the booklets in PDF format at http://store.samhsa.gov/product/Consumer-Operated-Services-Evidence-Based-Practices-EBP-Kit/SMA11-4633CD-DVD This KIT is a comprehensive [...] June 28th, 2011 | Leave a comment | Advocacy & Education, Best and Evidence-Based Practices, Consumers & Families The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) has just deployed a website dedicated to advancing and disseminating information concerning the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). http://www.samhsa.gov/healthreform/parity/ The site is loaded with educational and informative sections addressing the laws history and background, its vital importance, and its enforcement. It [...] May 17th, 2011 | Leave a comment | Advocacy & Education, Consumers & Families, Regulations & Legislation A new study released today by Health Affairs shows that a 10 percent increase in the availability of high-speed Internet service was associated with an approximately 1 percent increase in admissions to treatment for prescription drug abuse. Pain killers, anti-anxiety medications, and amphetamines are examples of otherwise tightly controlled narcotic prescription drugs sought and [...] May 13th, 2011 | Leave a comment | "The Business" of Behavioral Healthcare, Advocacy & Education, Consumers & Families We’ve heard much about the 32 states that have cut a combined $1.8 billion in non-Medicaid behavioral health funding in the past 2 years and yesterday we learned about an additional $46 million coming out of the SAMHSA budget as a result of the recent agreement on the Federal budget. The National Association of State [...] April 13th, 2011 | Leave a comment | Advocacy & Education, Consumers & Families, Funding and Financing, Regulations & Legislation More than two-thirds of states cut mental health funding from their general fund budgets over the last two years, according to a report released by NAMI last week. New York’s Governor Cuomo submitted a budget that strips education in that state of more than $1B in funding in the coming fiscal year. California’s Department of Mental [...] |
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