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Position Statement 11: In Support of Recovery-Based Systems Transformation
Position Statement 36: Self-Determination Initiatives
Position Statement 61: Affiliate and National Office Participation in Policy Development and Legislative Activity
Position Statement 13: Integration of Mental and General Health Care
Position Statement 37: Peer Support Services
Position Statement 62: Mental Health America's Role in Litigation
Position Statement 15: Parity in Health Insurance
Position Statement 41: Early Identification of Mental Health Issues in Young People
Position Statement 63: Participation in Mental Health Planning, Advisory and Governance Boards
Position Statement 16: Addressing the Health- Related Social Needs of People with Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
Position Statement 42: Services For Children With Mental Health Conditions And Their Families
Position Statement 71: Health Care Reform
Position Statement 17: Promotion of Mental Wellness
Position Statement 43: The Federal Role in Services that Address the Health and Wellness of Children, Youth, and Families
Position Statement 49: Perinatal Mental Health
Position Statement 18: Cultural and Linguistic Competency in Mental Health Systems
Position Statement 44: Residential Treatment for Children and Adolescents with Serious Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
Position Statement 46: Promotion of Mental Health during Early Childhood
Position Statement 21: Rights of People with Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
Position Statement 45: Discipline and Positive Behavior Support in Schools
Position Statement 59: Responding to Behavioral Health Crises
Position Statement 22: Involuntary Mental Health Treatment
Position Statement 47: Custody Relinquishment and Funding for Care and Treatment of Children
Position Statement 24: Seclusion and Restraints
Position Statement 23: Psychiatric Advance Directives
Position Statement 51: Children With Emotional Disorders In The Juvenile Justice System
Position Statement 38: Supportive Housing and Housing First
Position Statement 25: Community Inclusion after Olmstead
Position Statement 52: In Support of Maximum Diversion of Persons with Serious Mental Illness from the Criminal Justice System
Position Statement 73: College and University Response to Mental Health Crises
Position Statement 26: Participant Protections in Psychiatric Research
Position Statement 53: Mental Health Courts
Position Statement 12: Evidence-Based Healthcare
Position Statement 27: Standards For Management of and Access to Consumer Information
Position Statement 54: Death Penalty and People with Mental Illnesses
Addressing The Youth Mental Health Crisis: The Urgent Need For More Education, Services, And Supports
Position Statement 31: Development of Employment Services for Adults in Recovery from Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
Position Statement 55: Confining Sexual Predators in the Mental Health System
Position Statement 72: Violence: Community Mental Health Response
Position Statement 32: Access to Medications
Position Statement 56: Mental Health Treatment in Correctional Facilities
Position Statement 35: Aging Well: Wellness and Psychosocial Treatment for the Emotional and Cognitive Challenges of Aging
Position Statement 33: Substance Use Disorders
Position Statement 57: In Support of the Insanity Defense
Position Statement 48: Prevention of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in Young People
Position Statement 34: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Other Electromagnetic Brain Treatments
Position Statement 58: Life Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders
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Addressing The Youth Mental Health Crisis: The Urgent Need For More Education, Services, And Supports
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