APA calls for funding for SUDs in Build Back Better Act.

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In an Oct. 7 letter to Congress, Saul Levin, M.D., CEO of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), called for funding for substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health (MH) treatment in the final reconciliation package, the Build Back Better Act. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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