Becker's Healthcare November 6, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has proposed institutionalizing people with mental illness and increasing federal support for faith-based counseling as part of his mental health policy proposals.
Mr. Trump offered scant proposals on mental health during his campaign.
In his first term, Mr. Trump signed executive orders designed to address mental healthcare for veterans and signed bills into law to provide new funding for opioid use disorder and mental health treatment.
Here are six things to know about Mr. Trump’s record on mental health:
- Mr. Trump has proposed institutionalizing unhoused people with mental illness. In a video posted on his campaign website in April 2023, Mr. Trump said his administration would ban urban camping wherever possible, and...
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