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We need to use telepsychiatry wisely

New paper General Hospital Psychiatry: #Medicaid covered #pregnant women with substance use disorder who lost their coverage after 60 days #postpartum have lower behavioral health service use compared to those who did not lose coverage. doi.org/10.1016/j.genh…

New publication JAMA Health Forum: Between 2003-2021 patients with #buprenorphine fills from #psychiatrists decreased by 70%. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

This cross-sectional study uses data from a database to compare national trends in patients treated with buprenorphine by psychiatrists and nonpsychiatrists from 2003 to 2021. ja.ma/3Gsoa1k

New ASPE study JAMA Health Forum: ‘Trends in Buprenorphine Prescribing for Opioid Use Disorder by Psychiatrists in the US From 2003 to 2021 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

New ASPE Brief: ‘Loss of Medicaid Coverage Among Pregnant Beneficiaries with Substance Use Disorders’ - finds large state-level variation in loss of #Medicaid coverage after 60 days #postpartum. aspe.hhs.gov/reports/loss-m…

New ASPE study Psychiatry Research Journal: ‘National Trends in Psychotropic Medication Prescribing Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic’ Patients with #psychotropic meds declined early on during #COVID19 but had significant growth later. authors.elsevier.com/a/1h5dMbZg7MA1z

New ASPE study: “#Prenatal Substance Exposure (PSE) and #Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): State Estimates from the 2016–2020 T-MSIS”: Decline in NAS coincided with an increase in PSE: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New paper JAMA Pediatrics: Suicidal behavior was twice as high among American Indian/Alaska Native children covered under #Medicaid compared to children from other ethnic background during the #COVID19 #pandemic. #suicideawareness #mentalhealth jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

Cross-sectional study evaluates rates of psychotropic medication and polypharmacy use among youths in the US child welfare system compared with other youths with Medicaid coverage in 2019. ja.ma/3qE8JhO

New ASPE study JAMA Pediatrics: ‘Psychotropic Medication and Psychotropic Polypharmacy among Children in the US Child Welfare System’: #psychotropic medication use among #childwelfare involved children 2x as high as other #Medicaid enrolled children. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

Cross-sectional study explores the association between mothers’ receipt of opioid use disorder treatment during pregnancy and their infants’ health services use in the first year of life. ja.ma/3sAAo3C

New ASPE study JAMA Pediatrics: ‘Medication for Opioid Use Disorder During the Prenatal Period and Infant Outcomes’: When mothers are engaged in treatment their children are also likely to receive treatment. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

Medicaid data show that infants with prenatal substance exposure or neonatal abstinence syndrome use more mental health services as they age. bit.ly/3PSwmgx

A multi-state survey finds that 1 in 3 pregnant people used prenatal 3telehealth at the height of the #COVID19 pandemic. 70% of respondents who did not use prenatal telehealth said that they preferred to see their provider in person. ja.ma/48LHTFw

How has the 2005 TennCare disenrollment affected eviction outcomes? In their new paper, Mir M Ali, @AshleyCBradford, and Catherine Maclean (@jcmecon.bsky.social) determine that TennCare disenrollment led to large increases in eviction filings and completed evictions. Read more: hubs.la/Q02lbTNY0

How might the loss of Medicaid affect housing and evictions? Mir M Ali, @AshleyCBradford, Catherine Maclean (@jcmecon.bsky.social) of Georgia Tech School of Public Policy, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts draw lessons from the TennCare disenrollment of 2005 - TN had 24.5% more completed evictions relative to other southern states. hubs.la/Q02m878W0

Better access to mental health and substance use treatment reduces child maltreatment reports, from Mir M. Ali, @thanh2lu, Catherine Maclean (@jcmecon.bsky.social), and Angélica Meinhofer nber.org/papers/w32895

New ASPE Report: “Trends in In-Person and Telehealth-Involved Controlled Medication Initiations Among Adults with Private Insurance” presents trends of frequently prescribed controlled medications among individuals with private health insurance coverage. aspe.hhs.gov/reports/person…