AHA blog: Reducing Barriers to Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment 

Jul 31, 2024 - 05:03 PM
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Mary Thompson — a member of AHA’s Committee on Behavioral Health and president of Trillium Place, a mental health and addiction recovery organization affiliated with Carle Health — explains how the Illinois-based organization works to integrate physical and behavioral health services to improve access to care among historically underrepresented communities and eliminate health disparities. READ NOW

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