The GW Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity was awarded a 3-year grant from SAMHSA to build a national database on the Mental and Substance Use Disorder (MH/SUD) workforce and provide analysis on the extent to which efforts are needed to expand the MH/SUD workforce. Clese Erikson will serve as the Principal Investigator on the project and Edward Salsberg will be the co-PI. This multi-year effort will use both traditional and novel data sources to build a comprehensive database that will allow SAMSHA to better understand the available supply and practice location of the behavioral health workforce and how this compares with need for behavioral health services at the state and local level. The Mullan Institute will partner with colleagues at SAMHSA, the Behavioral Health Workforce Center at the University of Michigan, behavioral health-related professional societies, and HealthLandscape to develop a mental health and substance use disorder workforce database on the following practitioners:
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3/18/2021 01:14:25 am
We have nationally seen a steady increase for over a decade in the number of parents who have had to bury their children as a result of substance use disorders, we have also seen a steady withdrawal of support for those same individuals and families while they’re still fighting. In the public sector, we have seen agencies asked to treat an ever-growing number of individuals in need with the same or less resources year after year. In the private sector, we have seen abysmally short and woefully insufficient treatment episodes provided and even the draconian implementation by some insurance providers of “fail first” policies, which should more accurately be titled “please die quickly so we don’t have to fulfill our obligation to your parents” policies.
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