Trends

Co-involvement of Stimulants, Opioids in Overdose Deaths Rise in Latest CDC Data
Findings from the latest National Center for Health Statistics data brief released by CDC this month highlight an increase in the co-involvement of opioids in drug overdose deaths that involve cocaine and psychostimulants in recent years, particularly in the Northeast.
Perspectives
Adoption of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Shows Path for Other Practices
Aside from its clinical value, psychedelic-assisted therapy offers important lesson on the adoption of healthcare practices, and its worth understanding how psychedelics have gained support in medical circles.
Perspectives
Organizational Diversity, Inclusion Drive Improved Patient Outcomes
Data shows that diverse and inclusive providers tend to have not only higher rates of employee satisfaction, but improved patient outcomes as well.
Perspectives
Campaign Integrates Mental Health with COVID Vaccinations
The "Mask COVID Not Your Emotions" program combines COVID vaccinations with easy-to-access tools to assess and address behavioral health conditions.
State Department Leveraging Resources, Partnerships to Crack Down on Drug Trade
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shared the ways in which the U.S. State Department is working with other nations and various groups to disrupt the sophisticated operations of transnational criminal drug trade organizations.
Behavioral Health Should Be Guided by the 10 Essential Public Health Services
The goal of the 10 EPHS is to promote equity in health status, service access and care outcomes in a community. Applied to community behavioral health and I/DD services, this framework could give us a common yardstick to apply across different communities to assess quality and promote needed improvements in care and equity.
‘Future State’ Offers Roadmap to Consolidation of Behavioral Healthcare
A day of reckoning is coming for the U.S. healthcare system’s unbearable cost, and every field should anticipate disruptive changes. Our industry will be better positioned for that day through consolidation.
CDC: Synthetic Opioids, Psychostimulants Fuel Increase in Overdose Deaths
Deaths involving synthetic opioids (not including methadone) and psychostimulants skyrocketed between 2013 and 2019, according to data published this month by CDC.
Address the Inpatient Dilemma in Behavioral Healthcare
Some people enter facilities in a confused crisis and neither need nor benefit from inpatient care, and conversely, some people who desperately need higher levels of care never get there. We should redirect some of our focus on inpatient stays to the challenge of ensuring everyone gets placed at the right level of care.
Another Acquisition or Another Nail in the Coffin of the BH Carve-Out?
When managed behavioral healthcare organizations were formed decades ago, they brought significant changes to our field. They exit the stage now as aging hulks rather than agents of change.
Behavior in All Diagnoses (BiAD): Mnemonics Created When PCPs Understand Our Field
Primary care providers using "BiAD" are reminded how there may be a behavioral element to every medical diagnosis, demonstrating the need for behavior change expertise in primary care.

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Stay Tuned for More from CARE in 2021

Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Learning Network Director Doug Edwards shares what’s ahead for the CARE initiative in 2021.

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