Compelling Research from the Field
The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) published this report emphasizing the importance of addressing mental health and substance misuse in response efforts during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. The report will be followed by two additional reports that make up a series aimed at relaying the role Medicaid will play as the nation recovers from the pandemic.
Research from the American Psychiatric Association and CDC points to increased anxiety and drug overdose deaths during the pandemic. A Bloomberg CityLab article offers recommendations on how leadership and social networks can mitigate stress and anxiety induced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The United Nations’ Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children published a report on the impact of violence on the mental health of children. The effects of violence on children’s mental health as they move into adolescence can be passed from one generation to the next. Read the full report here.
The California Surgeon General’s Report on Adverse Childhood Experiences, Toxic Stress, and Health serves as a blueprint for how communities, states, and nations can recognize and effectively address Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress as a root cause of some of the most harmful, persistent, and expensive societal and health challenges facing our world today.