Alaska’s Growing Behavioral Health Aide Workforce
Behavioral health aides help provide a community-based resource for people in rural and remote Alaska.
The Misunderstanding of the Crisis Intervention Team Program
How a community partnership with law enforcement helps divert people from a law enforcement response.
Virginia Develops Statewide 911 Call Matrix to Divert Mental Health and Substance Use Crises
Virginia has developed a statewide 911 behavioral health call diversion matrix and protocols.
Youth Mobile Response: A Tool for Decriminalizing Mental Health
Many schools have a police presence but are without in-school mental health services. Youth mobile response can fill in the gaps.
Mental Health Experts in Australia Say Nation’s Suicide Prevention Plan Must Focus on Technology and Prevention
“Working together, we can build a mental health and suicide prevention system that is genuinely joined up, properly resourced and provides for all Australians the most simple but powerful comfort: that they matter” -The Hon Scott Morrison MP, Prime Minister of Australia on releasing the National Mental Health and Suicide
Tony Sanchez Says States Must Eliminate Peer Support Specialist Employment Barriers
Employment barriers present challenges for people in recovery and for expanding the behavioral health peer workforce.
Lindsey Browning on Bridging the Gap Between Medicaid and Behavioral Health
Robust partnerships between behavioral health and Medicaid allow them to focus on a common goal: helping people get the care they need.
Dr. Pat Deegan on Integrating Medication and Recovery Concepts in Crisis Care
The power of shared decision-making and self-care in mental health.
A Hidden Gem: How HCBS Can Support the Behavioral Health Crisis Continuum
Home and community-based services for mental health and substance use challenges can help fill in crisis system gaps.
McKinsey Health Institute and RI International Launch User-Friendly, Interactive Crisis Resource Need Calculator
Interactive calculator helps communities determine in-person mental health capacity needs and how system costs shift if they incorporate crisis care elements.
