Pamela Hyde, is administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities. Category:
The reason mental health is so expensive is that we start with diagnoses and medications, the most expensive elements of treatment. Although labels and meds help some people, they hurt many others and may increase the amount of disability in our country. Yet a completely self-supporting business could start with peer run hospitals, peer call-in lines, and completely recovered people to pull people into the community. See Wellness Wordworks, Mental Health on the Other Side of A Label.
The reason mental health is so expensive is that we start with diagnoses and medications, the most expensive elements of treatment. Although labels and meds help some people, they hurt many others and may increase the amount of disability in our country. Yet a completely self-supporting business could start with peer run hospitals, peer call-in lines, and completely recovered people to pull people into the community. See Wellness Wordworks, Mental Health on the Other Side of A Label.
PoetryPersonalPower 11 months ago
This is a very informative SAMHSA session. Thank you all.
dabadie1939 11 months ago