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recommendations from the Workgroup, the budget includes up to $571 million in 2022-23 and ongoing
for a variety of strategies, including: Early access to medication stabilization teams to encourage
substantive treatment in jail settings, statewide funding for medication support, DSH case management
teams to coordinate IST care with counties and other community providers, Infrastructure to increase
the number of community residential beds dedicated to DSH Diversion and Community-Based
Restoration programs, augmented funding for counties to expand DSH Diversion and Community-Based
Restoration, supporting county partnerships for entities impacted by felony IST community placements,
and workforce development support for counties and community providers. The budget also indicates
the state will implement a growth cap on IST referrals from counties that will include a county cost
sharing methodology if the growth cap is exceeded.

APA Assembly Notes

What’s New at the APA

APA released the results of a new public opinion poll that found 1 in 4 Americans have plans to make a
new year’s resolution related to their mental health. More than 67 million adults say that next year im-
proving their mental health is on their minds, and just over one-third (37%) say they are anxious about
their mental health to start the new year. The findings are part of APA’s Healthy Minds Monthly poll se-
ries conducted by Morning Consult. You can read the full results of the poll and find more information
about mental health in America here.

An earlier APA public opinion poll found that Hispanic adults in the U.S. are feeling more anxiety this
holiday season than other Americans. According to the poll results, nearly half (48%) of Hispanic adults
said that their level of stress increases during the holidays, compared to 43% of white adults, 37% of
Black adults, and 41% of adults overall. The nationally representative poll was conducted by Morning
Consult for APA. You can learn more about Holiday anxiety and see the full results of the poll here, and
it is also available in Spanish.

The Well Beings initiative, a multi-year campaign supported by the APA Foundation, has created a Mental
Health Language Guide designed to help people use the correct terminology when discussing mental
health. The guide is intended to address stigma around mental illness and equip users with person-first
language and a better understanding of how to discuss mental health concerns with youth. You can
learn more and download the Language Guide here.

January Course of the Month – Food for “Thought”: Mindful Nutrition and
Mental Health
The role of food in physical health has been known for a long time, but the role diet plays in psychiatry
is unexplored and underdeveloped. This course will explore the various ways in which diet affects the
mind and brain, explain the presence and detriment of food access as it relates to mental health, pro-
pose a standardized “Rules of Food Hygiene,” and focus on how the microbiota influences our cravings
and health.
Click here to access the Course of the Month and sign up for updates about this free member benefit.

Save the Date for APA’s 2022 Annual Meeting!
APA Annual Meeting is gathering in-person for the first time since 2019. Join us May 21-25 in the
birthplace of jazz, New Orleans! We’ll also offer an online option of connecting from your home to the

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