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Priorities
Ensuring access to mental health and addiction treatment and recovery services could not be more urgent or important than at this time. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that symptoms of anxiety disorder were approximately three times higher and prevalence of depression about four times higher among adults during the second quarter of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019.
Meanwhile, overdoses have spiked during the Covid-19 pandemic with more than 40 states reporting increased opioid-related deaths, and an overall increase in overdoses of 18% between May of 2019 and 2020. At the same time, suicide rates have continued to rise, up 35% between 1999 and 2018, with early indications of additional increases in suicides more recently.
Our Covid-19 webpage is designed to help NABH members access important and applicable resources as they navigate the Covid-19 pandemic.
Removing Barriers to Care
Congress should eliminate outdated federal rules blocking access to cost-effective treatments.
Combating the SUD Crisis
Congress should increase access to substance use disorder treatment.
Expanding the Behavioral Health Workforce
Congress should expand the mental health and substance use disorder workforce.
CEO Update
CEO Update 141
Please Meet with NABH’s Exhibitors and Sponsors at the 2023 Annual Meeting Next Month! NABH appreciates the generous support of our exhibitors and sponsors, whose valuable products and services help NABH members deliver quality behavioral healthcare every day to those who need it! Please make time to visit our exhibitors and sponsors at the Annual Meeting from ...Read moreCEO Update 140
NABH to Host Parity Panel with DOL Official Lisa Gomez and Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy on Tuesday, June 13 NABH President and CEO Shawn Coughlin will moderate a parity panel discussion with Lisa Gomez, assistant secretary for employee benefits security at the U.S. Labor Department, and former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.). on Tuesday, June ...Read moreCEO Update 139
Hill Day Returns to NABH Annual Meeting Program! NABH is excited to welcome its members and guests back to Hill Day during the 2023 Annual Meeting! This year NABH is working with the firm Advocacy Associates to help schedule Capitol Hill meetings and briefings for interested Annual Meeting attendees during Hill Day on Tuesday, June 13 from ...Read moreCEO Update 138
NABH Pleased to Welcome HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra at 2023 Annual Meeting U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, J.D. will address attendees at the 2023 NABH Annual Meeting on Monday, June 12 from 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Secretary Becerra is the 25th secretary of HHS and the first Latino in U.S. history ...Read more
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The National Association for Behavioral Healthcare, are the people on the front lines of this fight…
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden
Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
