Rhitu Chatterjee of NPR on Proposed 3-Digit Suicide Prevention Hotline
Rhitu Chatterjee of NPR discussed the FCC proposed 3-digit number 988 with mental and behavioral health crisis experts Madelyn Gould, David Covington, and Allie Franklin.
Martin Steendam Says, ‘Foster Hope, Even if It Means Challenging the Rules’
Psychologist Martin Steendam was sitting in his office in Friesland, the Netherlands, when he had to make a difficult decision: should he treat the 16-year-old in mental health crisis sitting in front of him?
Preventing Crises Through Pediatric Behavioral Health Urgent Care
Guest author Dr. Mauch, President and CEO of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, talks about preventing crises through Pediatric Behavioral Health Urgent Care.
Dr. Sharon Hoover on How Schools Are Stakeholders in Mental Health Crisis
Dr. Sharon Hoover says we can’t talk about kids in crisis without discussing schools as part of the equation because it’s where kids spend most of their time other than at home. Instead of turning to a discipline response, many school districts are responding to emotional and behavioral incidents with
Military Culture: SSG Pugsley Says It Needs to Be Okay to Ask for Help
Staff Sgt. Charles F. Pugsley says it reinforces stigma when the military says it’s okay to ask for help, but it’s not. He says the contradiction is worse than the days when soldiers just weren’t supposed to talk about mental health because there wasn’t any ambiguity.
Kim Sanders on Developing Ukeru Systems to Eliminate Seclusion and Restraint
Kim Sanders on how Grafton Integrated Health Network transformed from an example of what-not-to-do into an innovator that developed Ukeru Systems, a model of care that reduces and works to eliminate restraint and seclusion.
It’s Been a Bad Day: 911 in a Mental Health vs. Medical Crisis
Developed by Crisis Now, the 'It’s Been a Bad Day' video goes through the divergent paths people experience in the United States when having a mental health crisis as opposed to a medical one.
‘The Forgotten Survivors’ Author, Shannon Jaccard, says Siblings Need to be Part of the Crisis Conversation
‘The Forgotten Survivors’ Author, Shannon Jaccard, says it was only after her brother, Jeff, was killed during inpatient hospitalization that she realized when staff mentioned he was having a bad day, it meant they had put him in seclusion and restraints. She says siblings need to be part of the
The Elephant in the Room: Mental Health Professionals Experience Crisis Too
Shelby Rowe says the mental health community needs to work together to alter the perception of mental illness not only in the general population but also within the very community designed to treat it.
Ahead of the Curve: LOCUS Is as Relevant Today as It Was in the Nineties
In the mid-90s, brewing was a tug-of-war between clinicians and managed care over who got to determine what was best for clients. Dr. Wesley Sowers’ answer was to design LOCUS, a comprehensive system that focused on seven assessment dimensions. Dr. Sowers never anticipated it would work so well and has
