Email UpdatesMedicaid Forward: Behavioral Health
Provides a framework for States to help improve the quality of behavioral health to promote better outcomes and quality of life for Medicaid beneficiaries
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
PDF documents of various lengths (though usually longer than one page), which have a practical application for clinical staff or others. Most fall into the category of grey literature, which includes government reports, white papers, and issue briefs. Generally this will not include peer-reviewed journal articles. Items often have a title or description that includes one of these terms.
Making the Case for High-Functioning, Team-Based Care in Community Behavioral Health Settings
Advises community behavioral health care settings on how to implement team-based care, including providing a team-based care model
Key Policy Challenges and Opportunities to Improve Care for People With Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Proceedings of a Workshop
Summarizes discussions from a 2019 workshop of the Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders that examined key policy challenges for caring for people with mental health and substance use disorders
Integration of Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment into Pediatric Primary Care
Summarizes lessons learned over the past six years through the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's Youth Substance Use Prevention and Early Intervention Strategic Initiative about the integration of SBIRT in pediatric primary care
Integrating Behavioral Health Into Primary Care: Best Practices and Learnings
Discusses a patient-centered approach to primary care and behavioral health services integration as well as lessons learned from a project implemented within one healthcare system
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Harm Reduction Services: An Environmental Scan
Report that offers a literature review and summary of 21 key informant interviews with harm reduction staff from across the United States
Considerations for Crisis Centers and Clinicians in Managing the Treatment of Alcohol or Benzodiazepine Withdrawal during the COVID-19 Epidemic: March 19, 2020
Provides guidance on medication-assisted treatment for unhealthy alcohol use, specifically on benzodiazepines, during the COVID-19 pandemic
Caring for People With Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in Primary Care Settings: Proceedings of a Workshop
Summarizes discussions from a 2020 workshop exploring challenges and opportunities for providing care for people with mental health and substance use disorders in primary care settings
Behavioral Health in Rural America: Challenges and Opportunities
Presents challenges and opportunities for improving behavioral health (including alcohol use disorder) in rural communities, with examples of ways to better integrate behavioral health and primary care and examples of policies for addressing behavioral health disorders
Advancing Behavioral Health Integration in Health Centers
For promoting behavioral health integration in health centers, discusses barriers and opportunities that build upon policy recommendations and suggestions to States for implementation strategies