A wild cranberry-colored line immediately appears as the liquid moves along the strip. No need to wait 30 seconds, let alone the 15 minutes stated in the directions—an expletive slips between my teeth. “What?” my son calls out. “What is it? Do I have Covid?” I enter his room wearing two
As the United States heads deeper into its third year of the Covid pandemic, Whitney Bunts says the past 25 months have been especially tough on young people. They’ve navigated quarantine, isolation, loneliness, and a series of alleged returns to normalcy that weren’t. Young people have also had to maneuver
Chief Murphy J. Paul grew up in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward. He’s been in law enforcement for nearly 30 years, starting his career as an Orleans Levee District Police officer before joining the Louisiana State Police, where he retired as a Deputy Superintendent in 2018. Today, he’s Chief of
As the Covid variant Omicron surged across the United States, people in hard-hit communities were flooding nearby emergency rooms—some because they were sick with the virus, while others were in search of Covid tests. Dr. Benjamin Druss says emergency room use during times of crisis holds up a mirror to
Nearly a year before the Covid pandemic began, behavioral health crisis professionals became physically co-located at the Tucson Police Department’s 911 call center. However, in March 2020, as communities started to implement physical distancing requirements to halt the spread of the virus, Johnnie Gasper and his colleagues were uncertain what
Gregg Graham says there’s a vital moment for any person experiencing a substance use disorder that can positively alter their trajectory. “It’s when their desire for change and access to care intersect,” he says. “If the first happens without the latter, you’ve lost an opportunity to save a life.” Graham
Across the nation, the Covid emergency and increasing dialogue on police reform and racial justice have converged to propel the reformation of crisis systems to better meet people’s needs. “That includes improving how our communities support people experiencing mental health, substance use, and suicide crises, but also “quality of life”
The past 18 months have been challenging for kids. They’ve navigated months to a year or more of virtual learning, including live and self-guided instruction. Many have experienced isolation, loneliness, and unsurprisingly, since kids were at home day after day with family members for a good chunk of the Covid
Whether they wanted it or not, the Covid pandemic and corresponding physical distancing requirements thrust behavioral healthcare providers into telehealth. Some providers celebrated the sudden regulatory and policy changes that removed service delivery barriers. Others, says Kristin Neylon, senior project associate at NRI, were far more skeptical. “They were wary
It took just two short weeks for the team at Oxford Health NHS Trust Foundation to set up a dedicated helpline in response to people experiencing mental distress as a result of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. It was late March-early April 2020 when the Urgent Care Services teams and colleagues in the
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