HHS Announces Program for Mental Health Disorders
- By BSTQ Staff
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has a new program to help care for mental and behavioral illnesses. Through the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training grant program, made possible by the Affordable Care Act, $9.8 million will be awarded to 24 graduate social work and psychology schools and programs for three-year grants.
With mental conditions among the top-five chronic disorders in the U.S., the new program will address a serious need for more mental and behavioral health providers. The initiative also will increase the number of psychologists and social workers who will be trained to help those living in rural areas and military personnel, veterans and their families to cope with trauma, abuse, combat-related stress, substance abuse and chronic illness.
