{"id":4607,"date":"2024-04-19T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=4607"},"modified":"2024-04-19T15:29:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:29:20","slug":"mental-health-and-substance-use-disorders-often-go-untreated-for-parents-on-medicaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=4607","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Often Go Untreated for Parents on Medicaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-bo4jmi e12nqm5i0\" id=\"link-48c52eb0\"><span>The News<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For parents struggling with mental health or substance use disorders, access to treatment can often mean the difference between keeping and losing their children. But a new analysis of health and child welfare records found that a significant portion of those who were eligible for Medicaid coverage for such treatment were not getting it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The analysis, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/article.aspx?doi=10.1001\/jamahealthforum.2024.0637&amp;utm_campaign=articlePDF%26utm_medium=articlePDFlink%26utm_source=articlePDF%26utm_content=jamahealthforum.2024.0637\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">published Friday<\/a> by researchers at the nonprofit institute RTI International and the Department of Health and Human Services, found that fewer than half of parents on Medicaid who had substance use disorders and had been referred to authorities over suspicions of child abuse or neglect had received treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-mqw7kw e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A temporary shelter in Brooklyn.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Hiroko Masuike\/The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\n<h2 class=\"css-vlsv4n e12nqm5i0\" id=\"link-70430139\"><span>Some Context: Experts say bad situations can often be reversed with treatment.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Both mental health and drug addiction crises have been roiling the country, and the effects of parental drug use and mental illness can quickly <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/journaladdictionmedicine\/fulltext\/2017\/06000\/treating_women_who_are_pregnant_and_parenting_for.4.aspx\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">trickle down to their children<\/a>. Public health experts say substance use disorders can incapacitate a previously diligent parent and lead to the involvement of child protective services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2021 alone, more than seven million children were referred to authorities over worries of maltreatment, according to a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/cb\/report\/child-maltreatment-2021\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">federal report<\/a>, and more than 200,000 were removed from their homes. But research shows that when parents seek <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/29\/health\/medicaid-opiod-addcition-treatment.html\" title>treatment for psychiatric and substance use disorders<\/a>, they are far less likely to experience family separation.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-vlsv4n e12nqm5i0\" id=\"link-7beadc57\"><span>The Numbers: What the researchers found.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">To calculate treatment rates among parents on Medicaid, the health insurance program for low income people, Tami Mark, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rti.org\/expert\/tami-mark\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a health economist<\/a> at RTI, who led the research, and her colleagues drew from a new <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov\/datasets\/dataset-details.cfm?ID=272\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">publicly available data set<\/a> that used de-identified social security numbers to link child welfare records in Florida and Kentucky with corresponding Medicaid claims records from 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For comparison, they also analyzed a random sample of Medicaid recipients who had no records in the child welfare system. (The study didn\u2019t capture any counseling or medication given outside the Medicaid system, nor any cases of mental health or substance use disorders that were undiagnosed.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171d1bw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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But a new analysis of health and child welfare records found that a significant portion of those who were eligible for Medicaid coverage for such treatment were not getting it.The analysis, published Friday by researchers at the nonprofit institute RTI International and the Department of Health and Human Services, found that fewer than half of parents on Medicaid who had substance use disorders and had been referred to authorities over suspicions of child abuse or neglect had received treatment.A temporary shelter in Brooklyn.Hiroko Masuike\/The New York Times Some Context: Experts say bad situations can often be reversed with treatment.Both mental health and drug addiction crises have been roiling the country, and the effects of parental drug use and mental illness can quickly trickle down to their children. Public health experts say substance use disorders can incapacitate a previously diligent parent and lead to the involvement of child protective services.In 2021 alone, more than seven million children were referred to authorities over worries of maltreatment, according to a federal report, and more than 200,000 were removed from their homes. But research shows that when parents seek treatment for psychiatric and substance use disorders, they are far less likely to experience family separation.The Numbers: What the researchers found.To calculate treatment rates among parents on Medicaid, the health insurance program for low income people, Tami Mark, a health economist at RTI, who led the research, and her colleagues drew from a new publicly available data set that used de-identified social security numbers to link child welfare records in Florida and Kentucky with corresponding Medicaid claims records from 2020.For comparison, they also analyzed a random sample of Medicaid recipients who had no records in the child welfare system. 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