Half of all Americans will meet criteria for a mental disorder in their lifetimes. Why is there no adequate system of care?
"The mental health care system in this country is broken—if something can be broken that was never built properly in the first place."
NEW @thehill op-ed by Emily Becker-Haimes, and LDI Fellows David Mandell (@DSMandell), and Rebecca Stewart (@rebbstew). thehill.com/opinion/healthca…
Out in @JSATjournal, we found that individuals with OUD engaged in treatment through a mobile unit that provided transportation were 32% more likely to start MMT and 23% more likely to start outpatient treatment. journalofsubstanceabusetreat…
Very excited for this new project in collaboration with @PennLDI @PennCFAR @PHLPublicHealth and my intrepid partners @FIGHTPHL @LindenLC @PsydEmily to examine the feasibility and acceptability of harm reduction vending machines in Philadelphia!
Penn LDI is pleased to announce four pilot grants to evaluate existing or potential new programs to help Philadelphia's response to the HIV epidemic, in partnership w/ @PHLPublicHealth's @hivphilly and @penn_cfar.
Read about the funded projects: ldi.upenn.edu/news/four-penn…
Rebecca Stewart retweeted
OUT TODAY: Lessons From Maslow: Prioritizing Funding to Improve the Quality of Community Mental Health and Substance Use Services
By LDI Fellows @rebbstew, @DSMandell, and @Rsbeidas ⤵️
So happy to see this #PsychServices paper out led by @PennCMH #DrBeccaStewart and with @dsmandell. It represents thoughts from a decade of partnered work exploring #impsci of #EBPs and invokes Maslow's hierarchy of needs. ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/…



