Priorities
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1. Stigma and Education
Negative attitudes and beliefs toward people living with a mental health or in recovery from a substance use disorder are common and harmful.
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2. Parity
Ohio passed a limited version of parity legislation in 2006, well in advance of many other states and the federal government.
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3. Workforce Development
The mental health and addiction (behavioral health) treatment workforce is a complex and growing system made up of many professionals of varying levels of training and education.
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4. Prevention
Effective strategies to reduce the prevalence of mental illness and addiction conditions and decrease adverse outcomes require a full continuum of care, including health promotion, evidence-based prevention and treatment, and recovery resources to support healthy living.
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5. Harm Reduction
Harm reduction is a public health strategy to reduce the harms associated with certain behaviors.
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6. Treatment and Recovery Supports
Each year, nearly 2.3 million Ohioans (20 percent of the population) experience a mental health condition, a mental health condition, with 575,000 experiencing severe symptoms.
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8. Data Measurement and System Linkage
Finally, the RecoveryOhio Advisory Council met and discussed data, outcomes measurement, and the need for multisystem connections to create a behavioral health service delivery system in line with the needs of all Ohioans.