Caron Medical Director: What We Get Wrong in Behavioral Health
Source: Behavioral Health Business
In Dr. Adam Scioli's op-ed in Behavioral Health Business, he addresses the need to take a more comprehensive approach to behavioral health in the U.S. and why what we're doing in the US isn't quite working, including these broader points:
People cannot find or afford the help they need
There are huge gaps in how we educate and train health care practitioners on behavioral health
We emphasize stability over wellness, limiting the length of treatment
We have siloed treatment of mental health and SUD
Relying solely on medication is becoming a norm that dismisses what we know works
Our fascination with ‘magic pills’ extends to substances such as cannabis and psilocybin
The emergence of xylazine (or tranq) as a street drug underscores that there are no quick fixes
