TY - JOUR
AU - E. F. McCance-Katz
A1 - 
AB - Increasing numbers of Americans are affected by serious mental illness and severe substance use disorders. While funding has increased for the treatment of these conditions in recent years, increases in service needs have outstripped resources. Further, too often those living with these conditions are incarcerated, held for inordinate periods without treatment in emergency departments, and/or relegated to the streets as part of the burgeoning numbers of homeless in the United States. These conditions require innovative approaches to care that should include integrated medical care and community resources to decrease isolation and to improve the response to crises as they occur. There are numerous opportunities already in place that, used appropriately, can improve outcomes for some of our most vulnerable people and will improve community living for all. This perspective describes available resources that can better address the mental health and substance use crisis facing the American people.
AD - Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI.; Senior Fellow, Able Americans, National Center for Public Policy Research, Washington DC.; Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
AN - 40129364
BT - CNS Spectr
C5 - Healthcare Disparities; Financing & Sustainability; Opioids & Substance Use
CP - 1
DA - Mar 25
DO - 10.1017/s1092852925000197
DP - NLM
ET - 20250325
IS - 1
JF - CNS Spectr
LA - eng
N2 - Increasing numbers of Americans are affected by serious mental illness and severe substance use disorders. While funding has increased for the treatment of these conditions in recent years, increases in service needs have outstripped resources. Further, too often those living with these conditions are incarcerated, held for inordinate periods without treatment in emergency departments, and/or relegated to the streets as part of the burgeoning numbers of homeless in the United States. These conditions require innovative approaches to care that should include integrated medical care and community resources to decrease isolation and to improve the response to crises as they occur. There are numerous opportunities already in place that, used appropriately, can improve outcomes for some of our most vulnerable people and will improve community living for all. This perspective describes available resources that can better address the mental health and substance use crisis facing the American people.
PY - 2025
SN - 1092-8529 (Print); 1092-8529
SP - e37
ST - The behavioral healthcare continuum in the United States: what should it look like and how we can pay for it
T1 - The behavioral healthcare continuum in the United States: what should it look like and how we can pay for it
T2 - CNS Spectr
TI - The behavioral healthcare continuum in the United States: what should it look like and how we can pay for it
U1 - Healthcare Disparities; Financing & Sustainability; Opioids & Substance Use
U3 - 10.1017/s1092852925000197
VL - 30
VO - 1092-8529 (Print); 1092-8529
Y1 - 2025
ER -