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News by Topic: Mental health
Aug 19, 2024 - Highlights rural mental healthcare opportunities for access and barriers to care through telehealth. Discusses workforce shortages, stigma, telehealth infrastructure, reimbursement, and more.
Source: Psychology Today
Aug 15, 2024 - Highlights a new program to support Indigenous-led public health research on substance use, pain, and mental health. Discusses the benefits of culturally-relevant research. The program will be rolled out in two phases with the second phase building on the community-driven planning and pilots accomplished in the first phase.
Source: National Institutes of Health
SAMHSA: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Federal Register
Aug 15, 2024 - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is seeking comments on a revision of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). For 2025, SAMHSA is proposing to change the name of the study to the National Household Survey on Behavioral Health (NHSBH) to emphasize the inclusion of mental health-related survey elements and to clarify the full content of the survey's questions and data for key stakeholders. Comments are due within 30 days of this notice.
Source: Federal Register