"Unforseen Benefits: Addiciton Treatment Reduces Health  Care Costs", is a study published by the Open Society Institute detailing how effective addiction treatment will contribute to containing costs in reforming the U.S. healthcare system, as well as yield better healthcare outcomes.     

Click here to read the publication.

This study will also be available in the CBHC Library in our Substance Use section  

Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), writes an important article outlining the need to reform the current United States health care system.  Specifically, he points to the crucial need to protect parity for mental health care and expand the range of preventative and early intervention treatments for mental health and substance abuse disorders. 

Read the article in the Huffington Post online. Click Here  

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools published this study made possible by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  It is a valuable resource for information on mental health screening and assesment of the immigrant and refugee population in the United States; a population that makes up a significant portion of our country’s population.

Click here to read the publication. 

 "A definition for “Federally Qualified Behavioral Health Centers (FQBHCs)” was included in proposed federal legislation for the first time yesterday. The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, which has championed the creation of FQBHCs, commends Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) for introducing the definition in an amendment passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee to the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 — a bill currently under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives that seeks to provide affordable, quality healthcare for all Americans." 

Read the rest of the National Council Press Release by clicking here

The 2009 CBHC Annual Training Conference takes place October 2-6 in Breckenridge, CO at the Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center.  Please visit our 2009 Conference page to find a complete brochure for the Conference, to register for the event, and to make your reservations at the Beaver Run Resort (please note the code to receive the group rate). 

Also, we are still accepting applications for Exhibitors and Sponsors.  A link to apply is also available at our 2009 Conference page.   

Thanks everyone!  We look forward to seeing you all there!