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As MHW was going to press last week, mental health and substance use treatment leaders were processing a chaotic course of events in Washington, as the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the termination and then reinstatement of an estimated $2 billion in existing grants within the span of a day.

The need to emphasize public policy work at a critical time in the advocacy community has resulted in another leadership change at the national association Mental Health America (MHA). Mary Giliberti, who had served as MHA's interim president and CEO for three months, is returning to her former role as the organization's chief public policy officer.

Could an integrated, evidence-based system of mental health care that has shown results in impoverished and war-torn countries abroad be ready to flourish across the United States? The co-developer of the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) believes there is so much unmet need right now, and dim prospects to reverse the situation under the present framework, that it could be the right time to bring a new model of care to scale.

The New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies, Inc., is holding its annual conference, “Evolving Behavioral Health, Advancing Together for 75 Years,” April 14–15 in Iselin, N.J. For more information, visit http://www.njamhaa.org.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Jan. 12 announced its approval of the first prescription, physician-directed, at-home brain neuromodulation therapy as an adjunctive treatment for adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) who failed to achieve satisfactory improvement from at least one previous antidepressant.

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has taken legal action against EmblemHealth, accusing the insurer of misleading patients with inaccurate mental health provider directories. The class action complaint, filed in federal court in New York state, claims EmblemHealth's listings create “ghost networks” — directories filled with names of clinicians who are either unavailable or no longer in-network. EmblemHealth serves more than 3 million people in New York City and the surrounding tristate area.

Sweeping proposed reductions in the FY 2026 federal budget are raising alarms across the mental health field, with advocates and field leaders warning of severe consequences for state mental health systems already straining to meet rising demand. The administration's budget proposes cutting more than $1 billion from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and consolidating or eliminating several core mental health and prevention programs — changes that experts say could jeopardize crisis services, community supports and prevention infrastructure nationwide.

The New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies, Inc., is holding its annual conference, “Evolving Behavioral Health, Advancing Together for 75 Years,” April 14–15, 2026 in Iselin, N.J. For more information, visit http://www.njamhaa.org.

A new brief from the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) highlights a troubling trend: behavioral health needs among children and adolescents have been rising for more than a decade. In 2021, nearly one in three children covered by Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program experienced mental, emotional, developmental or behavioral challenges. Despite this, half of all children with a behavioral health diagnosis received no treatment, underscoring persistent barriers in early identification, referral and service availability.

Editor's note: Last week in Mental Health Weekly's Special Preview Issue, we featured some of your responses to the most pressing challenges and new opportunities that await you in the new year. Here are more of your responses. Thanks to all who submitted comments.