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Resources by Topic: Behavioral health

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Demonstration Program: Report to Congress, 2023
Provides an overview of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration. Describes changes in the quality of care during the first four years of the demonstration for states with available quality measures, as well as quality bonus payments states made to CCBHCs based on quality measure performance. Builds on findings on demonstration implementation, quality improvement, and costs outlined in previous evaluation reports, focusing on data collected since spring 2022.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Mathematica, RAND Corporation
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2024 National Telehealth Conference Summary Report
Offers a summary of the 2024 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) National Telehealth Conference by conference session. Covers increasing access to tele-behavioral healthcare through interstate licensure, expanding access to telehealth services for underserved and low-income communities, and federal efforts for telehealth policy and innovation. Appendices include conference materials and resources.
Additional links: 2024 National Telehealth Conference Session Recordings
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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New Mexico State-Tribal Collaboration Act Agency Report 2024
Summarizes collaboration between New Mexico state agencies and tribal nations regarding current public health priorities, including COVID-19, substance use disorder, maternal and child health, and cancer. Identifies resources available for American Indians from each New Mexico department and activities and funding for the fiscal year 2024, covering community health workers, cancer, diabetes, suicide prevention, and more.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Data Brief: Suicide Up in 2022, Down in 2023
Data brief offering 2022 and 2023 suicide for Minnesota. Breaks down data by age, gender, race and ethnicity, method, and urbanization. 2023 data is preliminary.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Mental Health Care & Wisconsin Community Health Centers
Provides an overview of Wisconsin Community Health Centers, with related statistics and a county-level map showing Community Health Center locations and their available behavioral health services. Focuses on population health, barriers to care, models of care, workforce, policy, and special populations, including rural and underserved communities.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association
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The Relationship Between Education and Happiness: Findings from the North Central and Northeast Regions
Examines the correlation between education and happiness in the North Central Region and the Northeast Region. Utilizes NCR-Stat: Caregiving Survey and NER-Stat: Caregiving Survey data from 4,224 respondents to analyze sociodemographic variables, including happiness, education, employment, income, age, marital status, gender, and rural, suburban, or urban location.
Author(s): Zuzana Bednarik
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
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Suicide in US Preteens Aged 8 to 12 Years, 2001 to 2022
Reports on characteristics and trends in preteen suicides between 2001 and 2022. Discusses trends over time, method, and various demographics. Offers data breakdown by geography including metropolitan and nonmetropolitan residence.
Author(s): Donna A. Ruch, Lisa M. Horowitz, Jennifer L. Hughes, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 7(7)
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
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Pain in the Nation 2024: The Epidemics of Alcohol, Drug, and Suicide Deaths
Report focuses on alcohol, drug, and mortality statistics and trends, with a special feature on polysubstance use and drug overdose issues. Includes data on substance use and mortality, with U.S. maps showing overdose and suicide rates, breakdowns according to race and metro versus nonmetro location, and state-by-state statistical trends. Provides policy recommendations to address substance use and offers examples from rural areas.
Author(s): Molly Warren, Brandon Reavis
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Trust for America's Health
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NSDUH (National Survey on Drug Use and Health) Detailed Tables - 2023
Explores 2023 survey data, including revisions, on use of prescription and illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco and nicotine products, trends in substance use disorder (SUD) and mental illness, and access to treatment for youth and adults. Features statistics for a variety of demographic and geographic characteristics, including rural versus urban status.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Community-Level Factors and their Associations with Changing Opioid Overdose Fatality Rates in Kentucky, 2019–2021
Identifies associations between community-level factors and opioid overdose fatality rates in Appalachian and non-Appalachian Kentucky counties, and examines how these associations have changed from 2019 to 2021. Discusses societal changes that occurred due to COVID-19, including social isolation, and which may be linked to an increase in overdose deaths. Features statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan, adjacent-to-metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan areas.
Author(s): Shawn R. Nigam, Philip M. Westgate, Svetla Slavova, Rachel Vickers-Smith, Katherine L. Thompson
Citation: Journal of Appalachian Health, 6(1), 90-115
Date: 07/2024
Type: Document
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