HHS Secretary Becerra forms new Behavioral Health Coordinating Council
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is distributing $3 billion in American Rescue Plan funding the largest aggregate amount of funding to date for its mental health and substance use block grant programs.
The Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG) Program and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Program (SABG) will disperse $1.5 billion each to states and territories (with the latter also awarding money to a tribe). This follows the March announcement of supplemental funding of nearly $2.5 billion for these programs. SAMHSA, an operating division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has expedited federal funding to grantees to help communities grappling with mental health and substance use needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Waismann Method® Opioid Treatment Specialists and Rapid Detox Center
Waismann Method® applauds the federal effort to expand access to life-saving treatments amidst over 90,000 fatal opioid overdoses between September 2019 & 2020.
We need to go beyond providing medical treatment. This includes increasing access to mental health treatment and fighting the stigma associated with substance abuse and mental illness.” Clare Waismann, RAS/SUDCC, Waismann Method® and Domus Retreat® founder
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, May 4, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ The opioid epidemic touches every part of the United States: urban, rural, and suburban areas have all been devastated by the crisis. Public health experts warned of a worsening of the opioid problem during the COVID-19 pandemic. As states issued stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of the virus, unemployment spiked, and mental health problems increased. This, in conjunction with reduced access to medical resources, ca
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The Biden administration aims to make buprenorphine, a drug proven to help people with opioid addiction, more available. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
The Biden administration says new federal guidelines released Tuesday will allow far more medical practitioners to prescribe buprenorphine, a drug proven to reduce opioid relapses and overdose deaths.
The change lowers regulatory hurdles that critics believe sharply limit use of the life-saving medication at a time when drug deaths are surging. We have made this much easier for physicians but also for other medical practitioners, said Dr. Rachel Levine, assistant secretary of health, speaking with NPR.
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