Seeing CSBs Series: #2 Virginia CSBs serve a number of individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Substance use, particularly drug poisoning, issues are now at the forefront of recent health care policy discussions. The graphics shown below display the number and type of drug poisoning hospitalizations in 2013 by residents of each CSB service area. [...]
Virginia CSBs serve individuals with a variety of mental and behavioral conditions. The behavioral health conditions of consumers served in the CSBs are the same conditions as those of members of the broader community. One of the most prevalent conditions is Serious Mental Illness (SMI) among consumers of CSB services. The numbered line graph displays the [...]
The August 2014 AHRQ H-CUP article, Hospital Inpatient Utilization Related to Opioid Overuse Among Adults, 1993–2012, reviews the trends in adult inpatient hospitalizations due to opioid overuse nationally. During the study period, the average rate of adult hospital inpatient stays related to opioid overuse increased more than 150 percent (about a 5 percent increase per [...]
We are offering a series of webinars to orient folks to the new Behavioral Health Atlas. On these webinars, we will walk through the new data as well as enhancements to the mapping portal. Please sign up for a webinar using the form below. Organizations currently signed up include: Chesterfield CSB Danville Pittsylvania Community Services District 19 [...]