Email UpdatesStem the Tide: Opioid Stewardship Measurement Implementation Guide
This guide includes best opportunities for driving improvements in opioid stewardship within their organization and community.
COVID-19
Specifically related to the COVID-19 pandemic and/or impacts thereof.
COVID-19
This Topic Brief provides information on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the behavioral health of the general public and healthcare workers, the impact of substance use disorders on COVID-19 outcomes, and other topics.
Telehealth and Behavioral Health Integration
This Topic Brief aims to provide practical information and resources for using telehealth technologies to implement patient-centered integrated behavioral health care in primary and ambulatory care practices, including those related to substance use.
Pain in the Nation 2023: The Epidemics of Alcohol, Drug, and Suicide Deaths
These recommendations from TFAH, primarily aimed at federal and state governments, aim to reduce alcohol, drug, and suicide deaths and to improve mental health and well-being for all Americans.
2022 National Drug Control Strategy
This inaugural National Strategy proposes bold, targeted, and consequential actions to bend the curve on overdose deaths in the immediate term and reduce substance use and its damaging consequences in the US over the longer term.
Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts
This document offers robust guidance on language for promoting health equity, explores how narratives (the power behind words) matter, and provides a glossary of key terms, defining key concepts, and whenever possible acknowledging debates over definitions and usage.
Implicit Associations Test– Mental Health
These tests measure thoughts about mental and physical health that are difficult to consciously control, including anxiety, depression, alcohol, exercise, eating, or persons with mental illness.
The Economic Burden of Mental Health Inequities in the United States Report
This study attempts to answer two core questions: how many lives and how many dollars could be saved if the mental and behavioral health care system became more equitable?
Tackling America’s Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Through Primary Care Integration: Task Force Recommendations
Through developing core integrated care standards and, by ensuring the appropriate financing, tools, and training, these recommendations support and incentivize providers to deliver integrated care, which ultimately benefits Americans struggling with mental illness and substance use.
State Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) Address Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health to Improve Maternal Health
Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) are multi-disciplinary committees that convene at the state or local level to comprehensively review deaths of women during or within a year of pregnancy. This document summarizes substance use disorder findings in a recent review of MMRC data in 14 states.