HHS Releases National Guidelines for Child and Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Care
HHS (11/10) –– The Department of Health and Human Services has a released National Guidelines for Child and Youth Behavioral Health...
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- Nov 10, 2022
SAMHSA Releases Interim Strategic Plan
SAMHSA (11/10) –– The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is pleased to announce the release of the agency’s...
- Oct 27, 2022
Prenatal Cannabis Exposure Linked to Mental Disorders in Adolescence
According to new research from NIDA, prenatal cannabis exposure following the middle of the first trimester—generally after five to six...
- Oct 27, 2022
SAMHSA Rule to Permanently Allow Take-Home Methadone
The White House budget office is reviewing a draft SAMHSA rule that would make permanent the COVID-19 methadone take-home waiver and...
- Oct 27, 2022
White House Report on SUD in Pregnant and Postpartum Women
ONDCP has released SUD in Pregnancy: Improving Outcomes for Families, a report outlining how overdose-related deaths in pregnant and...
- Oct 20, 2022
Bipartisan Senate Group Writes DoD Regarding Service Member Overdoses
A bipartisan group of senators recently sent a letter to the Department of Defense with concerns about the recent rise in fatal drug...
- Oct 20, 2022
CDC Updates Latest Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts
Recent provisional drug overdose death data from the CDC reported 108,022 predicted overdose deaths in the 12-month period ending in May...
- Sep 30, 2022
HHS Inspector General: Disparities in Medicare Coverage for OUD
Medicare is vastly underserving older Americans with opioid use disorder, with only 18% of enrollees with the diagnosis receiving...
- Sep 9, 2022
Funding, Blueprint to Address Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health
Recently, HHS announced over $20 million to improve maternal and infant health and implement the White House Blueprint for Addressing the...
- Sep 9, 2022
Expansion of HIV Services Announced in Community Health Centers
HHS recently announced more than $20 million in funding to expand HIV prevention, testing, and treatment services at community health...
- Sep 9, 2022
Use of Telehealth for OUD Services Associated with Reduced Overdose Risk
The expansion of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with individuals staying in treatment longer and...
- Sep 9, 2022
TX Judge: Coverage of Anti-HIV Medicine Violates Religious Freedom
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a mandate requiring most health insurance companies to cover medicine that prevents HIV infection...
- Sep 2, 2022
FDA Overdose Prevention Framework Supports HHS, ONDCP Strategies
Recently released, the FDA Overdose Prevention Framework identifies four priorities designed to complement the HHS Overdose Prevention...
- Sep 2, 2022
SAMHSA Bulletin Highlights Challenges, Innovations to Service Delivery
A new SAMHSA research bulletin highlights limitations on service delivery and innovations healthcare organizations and professionals made...
- Sep 2, 2022
CDC Releases Data Brief on COVID-19 and Overdose Deaths
A new data brief from the CDC describes overarching COVID-19-related themes that may have contributed to increased overdose deaths during...
- Aug 26, 2022
Methamphetamine Use, Overdose Deaths, and Arrests Soared from 2015-19
The use of the stimulant methamphetamine, as well as related overdose deaths and arrests, rose sharply from 2015 to 2019, with some...
- Aug 26, 2022
Marijuana, Hallucinogen Use Among Young Adults at All Time High
An NIH-supported study found that marijuana and hallucinogen use in the past year reported by young adults 19 to 30 years old increased...
- Jul 1, 2022
Bill Introduced to Establish Campaign on Fentanyl Awareness
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently introduced S. 4358, "Bruce's Law," which aims to establish an awareness campaign related to...
- Jul 1, 2022
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Signed Into Law
On Saturday, June 25, the president signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Actinto law, legislation that will dramatically increase...
- Jul 1, 2022
Preliminary Findings from 2021 Report on Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits
SAMHSA recently released the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) 2021 preliminary report on drug-related emergency department (ED) visits....
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