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State MHAI Position Statements

ISSUE: ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS for MENTAL HEALTH and SUBSTANCE ABUSE

STATEMENT: Access to medications is critical for people with serious mental illness and addiction. Due to research in the last decade, new medications have...

ISSUE: FORENSIC ISSUES

STATEMENT: Mental health, addictions, as well as individuals with co-occurring developmental disabilities often fall through the cracks in our criminal...

ISSUE: INCREASING THE ALCOHOL TAX

STATEMENT: STATEMENT: Research shows that an increase in alcohol taxes or the cost of alcoholic beverages cause a decrease in underage consumption and adult...

ISSUE: SOCIAL HOST LAW

STATEMENT: The most common source for alcohol by minors is adults, whether it is older friends and siblings or parents (with or without their knowledge). When...

ISSUE: ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN

STATEMENT: Abused and neglected children are the state's most vulnerable, and overwhelmingly impacted by the Indiana Department of Child Services. Amidst significant concern...

ISSUE: SMOKEFREE AIR

STATEMENT: The incidence of smoking among those with mental illness and addictive disorders far exceeds the rates of the overall population. Secondhand smoke...

ISSUE: ARREST AND CONVICTION ADMISSIONS

STATEMENT: An overcrowding and an ever-expanding Department of Corrections budget is due in large part to offenders who recycle back through the system or...

ISSUE: HEALTH CARE REFORM

STATEMENT: Mental Health America believes that all individuals and families should have access to a broad scope of medically appropriate, evidence-based interventions...

ISSUE: MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION FUNDING

STATEMENT: By all accounts, there are many more persons in need of services from the Division of Mental Health and Addiction at 200% of poverty level, than...

ISSUE: SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT

STATEMENT: Each year in the Indiana, public school personnel are regularly using restraint and seclusion to control student behavior. Despite the widely...

ISSUE: MARRIAGE EQUALITY

STATEMENT: Studies have shown that stigmatization and marginalization that is fostered by legal and social barriers to equality can have mental health consequences....