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Fund postpartum psychosis research
The National Institute of Mental Health should fund research on the causes and potential treatments for postpartum psychosis, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) should convene relevant clinical specialty associations to create screening and treatment guidelines.
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Fund research on evidence-based interventions
Federal appropriators should provide specific funding to support research by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to continue the development of evidence-based mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) interventions for underserved communities, such as LGBTQ+ youth, Native communities, Black Americans, and Hispanic/Latino communities.[1]
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Improve adolescents’ access to MH/SUD medications
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should work to improve adolescents’ access to the best mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) medications by bridging available adult data with bioequivalence studies and an open-label safety study.
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Provide a formal definition of anhedonia
When supported by strong clinical data, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should provide a formal indication for a specific psychiatric symptom when that symptom has been mapped onto specific neuronal circuits.
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Develop telehealth data best practices
Congress should fund research through the National Institutes of Health on the efficacy of mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) services provided via telehealth, with outcomes studied by service type (e.g., crisis response) and demographic groups, including underserved communities.
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Develop medications to treat substance use disorder
Congress should provide additional resources to the National Institutes of Health to increase research in concert with the pharmaceutical industry to develop and test innovative medications for substance use disorders (SUDs), including long-acting injectables, more potent opioid antagonists to reverse overdose, drugs used for detoxification, and vaccines, and treatments for stimulant use disorder.[1]