Key Policy Challenges and Opportunities to Improve Care for People with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Proceedings of a Workshop

by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Board on Health Care Services, Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, et al.

Behavioral health and substance use disorders affect approximately 20 percent of the U.S. population. Of those with a substance use disorder, approximately 60 percent also have a mental health disorder. Together, these disorders account for a substantial burden of disability, have been associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality from other chronic illnesses, and can be risk factors for incarceration, homelessness, and death by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309672201
• ISBN13: 9780309672207
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 116 Pages