Skip to main content
Top Left Menu
In a Crisis? Call or Text 988
MHA Topbar Menu
Mental Health Conditions
Take a Mental Health Test
Find your local MHA
Get Help
Crisis Resources
Take a Mental Health Test
Find a Warmline
Mental Health Treatment
Find Help for Myself
Find Help for Someone Else
Get Information
Mental Health Conditions
Local data
Mental Health Facts and Statistics
Mental Health in Public Policy
Research and Reports
Webinars
In the Open Podcast
Mental Health America Blog
Get Active
Advocacy Network
Donate to Mental Health America
Shop the Store
Youth Leadership Opportunities
Send an Advocacy Letter
Get Your Workplace Bell Seal Certified
About Mental Health America
About us
What We Do
Our Commitment to Anti-Racism
Annual Conference
Career Center
In the News
Our Staff
Contact Us
Shop
Donate
Top Left Menu
In a Crisis? Call or Text 988
MHA Topbar Menu
Mental Health Conditions
Take a Mental Health Test
Find your local MHA
Policy Issues and Statements
Breadcrumb
Home
-
Policy Issues and Statements
System Transformation Issues
Position Statement 11: In Support of Recovery-Based Systems Transformation
Read More
System Transformation Issues
Position Statement 13: Integration of Mental and General Health Care
Read More
System Transformation Issues
Position Statement 15: Parity in Health Insurance
Read More
System Transformation Issues
Position Statement 16: Addressing the Health- Related Social Needs of People with Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
Read More
System Transformation Issues
Position Statement 17: Promotion of Mental Wellness
Read More
System Transformation Issues
Position Statement 18: Cultural and Linguistic Competency in Mental Health Systems
Read More
Rights and Privacy Issues
Position Statement 21: Rights of People with Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
Read More
Rights and Privacy Issues
Position Statement 22: Involuntary Mental Health Treatment
Read More
Rights and Privacy Issues
Position Statement 23: Psychiatric Advance Directives
Read More
Rights and Privacy Issues
Position Statement 24: Seclusion and Restraints
Read More
Services Issues
Position Statement 31: Development of Employment Services for Adults in Recovery from Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
Read More
Services Issues
Position Statement 32: Access to Medications
Read More
Services Issues
Position Statement 33: Substance Use Disorders
Read More
Services Issues
Position Statement 36: Self-Determination Initiatives
Read More
Services Issues
Position Statement 37: Peer Support Services
Read More
Services Issues
Position Statement 38: Supportive Housing and Housing First
Read More
Children's Issues
Position Statement 41: Early Identification of Mental Health Issues in Young People
Read More
Children's Issues
Position Statement 42: Services For Children With Mental Health Conditions And Their Families
Read More
Children's Issues
Position Statement 43: The Federal Role in Services that Address the Health and Wellness of Children, Youth, and Families
Read More
Children's Issues
Position Statement 44: Residential Treatment for Children and Adolescents with Serious Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
Read More
Children's Issues
Position Statement 45: Discipline and Positive Behavior Support in Schools
Read More
Children's Issues
Position Statement 46: Promotion of Mental Health during Early Childhood
Read More
Children's Issues
Position Statement 47: Custody Relinquishment and Funding for Care and Treatment of Children
Read More
Children's Issues
Position Statement 48: Prevention of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in Young People
Read More
Children's Issues
Position Statement 49: Perinatal Mental Health
Read More
Criminal Justice Issues
Position Statement 51: Children With Emotional Disorders In The Juvenile Justice System
Read More
Criminal Justice Issues
Position Statement 52: In Support of Maximum Diversion of Persons with Serious Mental Illness from the Criminal Justice System
Read More
Criminal Justice Issues
Position Statement 53: Mental Health Courts
Read More
Criminal Justice Issues
Position Statement 54: Death Penalty and People with Mental Illnesses
Read More
Criminal Justice Issues
Position Statement 55: Confining Sexual Predators in the Mental Health System
Read More
Criminal Justice Issues
Position Statement 56: Mental Health Treatment in Correctional Facilities
Read More
Criminal Justice Issues
Position Statement 57: In Support of the Insanity Defense
Read More
Criminal Justice Issues
Position Statement 58: Life Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders
Read More
Criminal Justice Issues
Position Statement 59: Responding to Behavioral Health Crises
Read More
Linkage to Broader Issues
Position Statement 72: Violence: Community Mental Health Response
Read More
Linkage to Broader Issues
Position Statement 73: College and University Response to Mental Health Crises
Read More
Children's Issues
Addressing The Youth Mental Health Crisis: The Urgent Need For More Education, Services, And Supports
Read More
Position Statements
View all Position Statements
Children's Issues
Criminal Justice Issues
Linkage to Broader Issues
Rights and Privacy Issues
Services Issues
System Transformation Issues
Archived Position Statements
Policy Issues
Unified Vision Statement
Public Policy and Equity Rubric
Equity Framework
Addressing The Youth Mental Health Crisis: The Urgent Need For More Education, Services, And Supports
Get Active
Regional Policy Council
Policy Institute
Contact Your Legislators
Sign Up to Join the Advocacy Network