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Letter to DEA Administrator and US Attorney General on Medication Access, Telehealth and COVID-19
Letter to Attorney General Garland and DEA Administrator Milgram, urging action to ensure patients are able to continue receiving treatment where and when they need it once the PHE ends and until the promulgation of the Special Registration for Telemedicine Rules. -
Regulatory Comment to CMS Administrator on COVID-19 & Medicaid
Regulatory comments to CMS Administrator Brooks-Lasure, urging CMS to rescind 42 CFR §433.400 and no longer allow states to reduce Medicaid benefits or modify beneficiary cost-sharing while the state receives the enhanced FMAP. -
Letter to HHS Secretary on COVID-19
Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra, requesting that the Department of Health and Human Services takes proactive steps to integrate mental health and substance use throughout the operations of the newly-formed the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. -
Letter to HHS Secretary on COVID19
Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra, requesting that the Administration maintain the public health emergency (PHE). -
Letter to Biden Administration on Medicaid and COVID-19
Letter to CMS leadership, thanking CMS for issuing its recent guidance on Medicaid redeterminations and offering recommendations on further actions they should take. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Covid19 & Mental Health Funding
Letter to Senate HELP and House E&C Committees, urging a prevention and early intervention set-aside in the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG) as the committees reauthorize programs administered by SAMHSA. -
Racism, Chronic Disease, and Mental Health: Time to Change Our Racialized System of Second-Class Care
In this article, we describe how the “weathering hypothesis” and Adverse Childhood Experiences set the stage for higher rates of chronic disease, mental health disorders and maternal mortality seen in African American adults. We illustrate the toll that untreated and overtreated mental health disorders have on Black individuals, who have similar rates of mental health disorders as their white counterparts but have fewer outpatient mental health services and higher rates of hospitalizations. -
Letter to CDC Director on COVID-19
Letter to CDC Director Walensky, asking for the inclusion of mental illnesses giving rise to increased risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19 to the CDC’s list of medical conditions of heightened threat. -
Statement on COVID19
Statement urging the Biden Administration to launch a federal commission of diverse experts to develop a comprehensive federal crisis plan and prioritize actions to address the care needs of patients with Post-Acute Sequelae of SARSCoV-2 infection (“PASC” or “Long COVID”). -
Trauma-Informed Care: The Importance of Understanding the Incarcerated Women
This study assessed the significance of trauma-informed care (TIC) in the recidivism rates of incarcerated women. A retrospective longitudinal survey was conducted. ACE scores were evaluated and documented through a self-reported survey. Seven years of Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions registry documentation was assessed. Descriptive statistics were utilized to define patients and evaluate patterns of recidivism after implementation of trauma-informed approaches to care. There is strong evidence associating lower recidivism rates for those who participate in TIC and trauma programs than for those who do not. This evidence supports further evaluation with a serious potential impact of reduction in recidivism and improved trajectories for incarcerated women and their families