| Summary: | On November 23, December 3, and December 14, 2020, the Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders of the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a virtual workshop titled Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in the Era of COVID-19: With a Special Focus on the Impact of the Pandemic on Communities of Color. The workshop featured invited speakers and discussions that addressed how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced (1) mental health and substance use disorders (SUDs); (2) changes in access to health care and delivery of services for people with mental health disorders and SUDs; and (3) the mental health well-being of the health care workforce -- each with a particular focus on the impact of the pandemic on communities of color and how the pandemic has created, revealed, and exacerbated longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in behavioral health care. This Proceedings of a Workshop -- in brief summarizes the presentations and discussions that occurred at the workshop. A broad range of views was presented during the presentations and discussions
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