To improve behavioral health in the United States, Well Being Trust recommends that policymakers adopt a new framework with five engagement points to increase the
The data is going in the wrong direction. While life expectancy has been on the rise since the 1960s, its sharp decline over the last
Well Being Trust recently launched our first policy action guide on mental health and addiction, Healing the Nation: Advancing Mental Health and Addiction Policy. Healing the
And it is not just overdose deaths. Deaths of despair — the number of Americans who die from alcohol, drugs, or suicide — increased to
Hantke and Lajoy’s research confirms other findings that suggest telemedicine can offer quality and convenience to vulnerable populations like rural seniors, says Dr. Arpan Waghray, a
As the event moved from Unite and Connect to Act, a panel of field experts led by Joe Pyle, president of the Scattergood Foundation, provided
We invite you to engage with us and Healing the Nation via the Healing the Nation website, on which you can find the full guide
Just a few days ago, we learned that life expectancy had risen for the first time since 2014 and saw the first decline in drug overdose deaths
The unrelenting opioid crisis. Skyrocketing suicide rates. Decreased life expectancy. These are stark indicators of the current state of mental health in America—the most
The Well Being Trust Foundation found that cost is a barrier for nearly half of people who need some sort of mental health care treatment.
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