Adolescents

Describes how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing strategies to ensure patients are receiving health care services to meet their behavioral health needs and how CMS is working to meet the goals of President Biden's "Strategy to Address our National Mental Health Crisis"

Reviews literature on payment options for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment and their barriers and facilitators in various settings

Statement from the White House that describes the President's strategy to address the national mental health crisis by strengthening the healthcare system, connecting more people to mental health care, and transforming health and social services infrastructure to address mental health equitably

Provides information on the EPSDT benefit for children under age 21 enrolled in Medicaid, including guidelines and strategy guides for State programs

Offers guidance for health care professionals to quickly identify youth ages 9-18 at risk for alcohol-related problems

A comprehensive manual for educators and trainers, practitioners, and students to learn to conduct Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) with adolescents and young adults

Nurse Practitioner Vanessa Loukas, a PCSS expert, discusses the issue of stigma in treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD)—from the patients to the providers who treat them.

By addressing the conditions that give rise to ACEs and simultaneously addressing the needs of children and parents, these strategies take a multi-generation approach to prevent ACEs and ensure safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments.

This polling presentation include key findings and results from a 2021 poll conducted on the utilization of mental health and substance use treatment services.