American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) experience higher rates of many mental health and substance use conditions than other Americans. The rural nature of most reservations, provider shortages, and lack of culturally relevant care create challenges to delivering appropriate behavioral health services to AI/AN. However, there is a growing body of evidence-based practices to treat AI/AN and more tribes are taking on management of the services for themselves. Some states and tribes are working together to improve the behavioral health care delivered to AI/AN.
This webinar will begin with an overview of the behavioral health delivery system for AI/AN followed by an exploration of two state strategies and offer both state and AI/AN perspectives on each.
