White House Recovery Summit Seeks to Create a ‘Recovery-Ready Nation’
As part of Recovery Month, the White House this week held a Recovery Summit to celebrate people with substance use disorders (SUD) who are in treatment and to discuss ways that Americans can build a recovery-ready nation.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Rahul Gupta, M.D., M.P.H. hosted the event, and one highlight included a panel of high school students who shared their personal recovery journeys. Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, Ph.D., who leads the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), moderated the panel, and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) offered remarks.
Sarah Wattenberg, director of quality and addiction services at NABH, represented the association at the summit. Click
here to learn more.
SAMHSA Releases New Data on Recovery from SUD and Mental Health Problems Among Adults
About 70 million U.S. adults aged 18 and older perceived they ever had a substance use and/or mental health problem, according to a new report SAMHSA released this week.
Using data from the
2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the report also showed that for substance use specifically, 29 million adults perceived they ever had a substance use problem, and 20.9 million people (or 72.2%) considered themselves to be in recovery or to have recovered from their drug or alcohol use problem.
For mental health, of the 58.7 million adults who perceived they ever had a mental health problem, 38.8 million (or 66.5%) considered themselves to be in recovery or to have recovered from their mental health problem.
Click
here to read the report,
Recovery from Substance Use and Mental Health Problems Among Adults in the United States.
2023 NABH Membership Directory Updates Are Due Wednesday, Sept. 27!
NABH has extended the deadline for system members to submit changes about their organizations for the 2023 NABH Directory to
Wednesday, Sept. 27.
NABH’s online-only 2023 Membership Directory is an essential member benefit that helps the association advance its advocacy efforts. Last month NABH sent system members a link to the association’s membership-update tool. To help ensure we have the most accurate information on our members, please use the link to verify your system’s information.
The answers to these questions will help us provide a more accurate description of our diverse membership to policymakers, regulators, partner organizations, and the media.
Please be sure to enter information for all your system’s facilities to help provide NABH with an accurate picture of our membership.
If you need assistance, please contact Maria Merlie
maria@nabh.org or 202-393-6700, ext. 104.
Reminder: Deadline for Health Data Privacy Feedback to Senate HELP Committee is Next Week
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) announced earlier this month he’s seeking information from stakeholders about ways to improve the privacy protections of health data in a way that safeguards sensitive information while balancing the need to support medical research.
According to a Senate HELP Committee announcement, Cassidy, an NABH Champion, hopes to use the stakeholder feedback to identify solutions to modernize HIPAA and ensure that all health data are safeguarded properly.
The deadline to submit feedback is
Thursday, Sept. 28. Click
here to read Cassidy’s full request and
here to submit comments.
Reminder: CMS to Host Webinar on Person-Centered Approaches to Improving Behavioral Health Condition Management
CMS’ Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office recently announced an upcoming webinar that will examine how traditional silos of care impede comprehensive approaches to care coordination and explore potential solutions to improve behavioral health condition management in persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Presenters include Andrea Witwer, Ph.D., associate clinical professor in psychiatry and behavioral health at Ohio State; family caregiver Patricia Nobbie, Ph.D.; and Olivia Ayers, LMCH, LPC, clinical director at Elevate Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic in Iowa.
The 90-minute webinar will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 27 starting at 2:30 p.m. ET. Click
here to learn more and to register.
Fact of the Week:
Researchers at the not-for-profit research institute RTI International have found that approximately 3.7 million, or 1.8%, of U.S. adults ages 18 to 65, have a lifetime history of schizophrenia spectrum disorders— a figure two-to-three times higher than previous studies. The
findings came from the
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Prevalence Study, which SAMHSA funds.
For questions or comments about this CEO Update, please contact Jessica Zigmond.