Integrating Mental Health & Substance Abuse Strategies
Key Issues & Challenges
Addressing Mental Health & Substance Abuse (MH/SA) Problems in the Populations Served by Public Programs
Moderator:
Larry Bartlett, Ph.D., Health Systems Research, Inc., Washington, DC.
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In this session, participants discussed the issues and challenges that they face within their own States in attempting to address the mental health and substance abuse needs of persons who are a part of the target populations for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), child welfare, juvenile justice, and other public programs.
Among those issues raised by participants were the following:
- The important and challenging issue of ways to appropriately integrate MH/SA
treatment.
- The need to tailor strategies and interventions to the the particular environment and the needs of the target population to be served.
- Strategies for making change happen, including the importance of ensuring the involvement of a broad range of stakeholders—including consumers, purchasers, and providers—in the process.
These and other important issues were discussed further in subsequent sessions of the workshop.
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