Steve Miccio on Peer-led Mental Health Crisis Care
Steve Miccio, CEO of People USA, shares the power of peer-led mental health crisis care.
Why 988 Should Include Peer-Led Whole Health Programs
Peer-led, whole-person care models can help ease the crisis-to-emergency room pipeline.
In Oklahoma, People in Need and First Responders Get iPads for Rapid Face-to-Face Mental Health Response
In rural Northeast Oklahoma, nearly 6,000 “mental health machine” iPads immediately connect people in crisis to a face-to-face mental health response.
Mom and Teen on Navigating Behavioral Health Crisis Care in Maryland
16-year-old Reina Chiang and her mother, Kana Enomoto, a national leader in behavioral healthcare, share their experience navigating the Maryland crisis care system. It includes long wait times in the emergency room and inpatient hospitalization, which Chiang calls a short-term bandaid that’s more like a prison, with kids waiting around
Ted Lutterman on How Comprehensive Crisis Services Registries Are a Vital Part of the Crisis Continuum
Ted Lutterman of NRI shares how 23 states, with funding from SAMHSA, are developing real-time psychiatric bed registries to improve timely access to mental health treatment. Some states are going beyond beds by creating a comprehensive crisis services registry. Covid has caused implementation delays, but states have found that having
Dr. Michael Allen on How ET3 Will Allow Earlier Diversion of People In Mental Health Crisis
Today, Dr. Michael Allen talks with #CrisisTalk about the new CMS payment model ET3—Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport, which allows for earlier diversion of people in mental health crisis. Under the new payment model, ambulance services can divert lower-acuity medical cases and psychiatric crises to facilities that better match the
Relying on Hospital EDs for Psychiatric Care… How This Approach Disenfranchises Individuals in Crisis
Today, Dr. Charles Browning sits down to talk with Sheree Lowe, vice-president of behavioral health at the California Hospital Association. Lowe highlights that because California lacks 24/7 mental health emergency services, it forces people into a choke point of emergency departments during the involuntary care commitment process. She shares with
SMI, Homelessness, and COVID-19: Creating a System of Support for the Most Marginalized Populations
Elizabeth Sinclair Hancq and John Snook share the gaps, challenges, and innovations in treating people experiencing Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and homelessness during COVID-19.
Ken Norton on Psychiatric Boarding and New Hampshire’s Crisis Redesign
Ken Norton shares how New Hampshire's crisis redesign decreased psychiatric boarding.
SAMHSA Publishes National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care. Here’s Why It Matters.
Elinore F. McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use at SAMHSA, says that the report “finally offers our communities true National Guidelines for Crisis Care within a user-friendly Best Practice Toolkit.”
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