Access to Behavioral Health

The AHA today released a report describing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on behavioral health in the U.S.
As America confronts a health care landscape deeply – and likely permanently – altered by the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioral health care access has emerged as both a challenge and opportunity.
Webinar will focus on pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. 
States encouraged to coordinate their federal funding streams to expand access. 
During May — National Mental Health Awareness Month — it’s important to raise awareness of people living with behavioral health issues and help reduce the stigma so many experience.
Hospitals and health systems are invited to join an AHA learning collaborative focused on behavioral health.
When others ran from the pandemic, health care workers ran toward it to try to prevent the spread, care for the sick and save lives.
The mental health bill includes AHA-supported legislation that would reauthorize and expand a program that addresses maternal depression.
The grants will establish centers for excellence to build behavioral health capacity and advance equity.