Amplifying Youth Voice to Promote Black Youth Mental Health Through Policy in Georgia.

There is an unmet need for mental health policies that are culturally competent, engaging, and equitable for Black youth. This paper describes a youth-adult partnership advisory council approach to identify, assess, and measure the effectiveness of innovative policy solutions to promote Black youth mental health in Georgia.

Changes in State Laws Related to Coverage for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Across Insurance Sectors, 2006-2020.

Objective: The authors assessed changes in state insurance laws related to coverage for substance use disorder treatment across public and private insurance sectors from 2006 through 2020 in all 50 U.S. states.

Exploring the Link Between Substance Use and Mental Health Status: What Can We Learn from the Self-medication Theory?

The high rate of co-occurring mental health issues and substance-use disorders has been well documented. The primary objective of this research was to evaluate the association between use of alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drugs, and unmet mental health need and service use. A secondary aim of this research was to determine if the observed patterns of alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drugs use and unmet mental health need and mental health service use are consistent with a theory of self-medication theory.

Opioid addiction and abuse in primary care practice: a comparison of methadone and buprenorphine as treatment options.

Opioid abuse and addiction have increased in frequency in the United States over the past 20 years. In 2009, an estimated 5.3 million persons used opioid medications nonmedically within the past month, 200000 used heroin, and approximately 9.