NJAMHAA Members Help
Address Public Health Crises; Many More Resources Needed
The New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction
Agencies (NJAMHAA) is proud of its member providers who offer treatment and
support services to help individuals with substance use and/or mental health
disorders achieve recovery. While these services have always been and will
continue to be invaluable, the importance of having access to them when needed
is underscored by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s)
recent report about the overall life expectancy nationwide declining by nearly
four months since 2014. This decline is largely attributed to significant
increases in overdose deaths from opioids and fentanyl (a synthetic opioid) and
suicides.
The rate of drug-overdose deaths escalated between 2015 and
2017, and the increase was most significant among adults aged 25 to 54 years,
according to the CDC. Most of these deaths were associated with use of fentanyl
and other synthetic opioids. In 2017 alone, deaths from synthetic opioids increased
by 45%, killing more than 70,000 Americans– the highest number in a single year
to date.
Also in 2017, the national suicide rate increased by 3.7%,
the CDC reported. Most of the suicides and drug-related deaths are of young to
middle-aged adults. However, all age groups are at risk and tragically,
resources are not sufficient for any population.
These staggering numbers underscore the critical need for
expanded access to treatment for both substance use and mental health
disorders. In fact, the majority of individuals with addictions also have
mental illnesses. Our state and nation cannot afford to focus on just one type
of illness. Care must be integrated to address not only addictions and mental
health disorders, but also physical illnesses, which are also highly prevalent
and frequently not treated among individuals with substance use and mental
health disorders, leading to mortality decades earlier than the general
population.
NJAMHAA will continue to serve as a spokesperson for the behavioral
health industry, advocating on the state and federal levels for greatly
expanded resources that are needed to address these public health crises.
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