Access to mental health and substance use care can be challenging for people with bleeding disorders — but help is here.
The Bleeding Disorders Substance Use & Mental Health Access Coalition (BD SUMHAC) was founded in January, 2022 by leaders in the bleeding disorders community with the goal of improving access to inpatient and residential mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for people with bleeding disorders. Today, it is a national multi-stakeholder coalition that includes members from the Hemophilia Federation of America, the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation, hemophilia treatment centers, local bleeding disorders chapters and member organizations, and the bleeding disorders community.
​​If you need help accessing inpatient/residential mental health or substance use treatment or gave questions about BD SUHMAC:
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If you live in the northern part of Texas, email Shanna Garcia at shanna@texcen.org.
If you live in the southern part of Texas email Melissa Compton at mcompton@lonestarbleedingdisorders.org.
If you live outside of Texas, contact Aaron Blocker, Senior Director of Patient Access at NBDF by phone at (929) 458-4630 or by email at ablocker@bleeding.org.