Craig Miller on 988, Care and Compassion, and Getting it Right From the Start
Author and suicide prevention advocate Craig Miller on why 988 has to work.
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
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.
Police Chief Says the Correct Crisis Response Is Getting People the Help They Need
A police chief helps Baton Rouge get a mental health and substance use crisis stabilization center.
988 and Deaf Services
Only a handful of states can address the deaf community. Most depend on ad hoc arrangements.
A New Approach to Managing Mental Health Crisis Care in the Home
Intensive Home Treatment in the Netherlands reduces coercive hospital admissions and has health system and economic benefits.
Reengineering LA County’s Crisis Systems
Good intentions alone won’t solve systemic issues. John Franklin Sierra, a health systems engineer, gives the play-by-play on how LA County redesigned and reengineered its crisis system.
Why Partnering With 911 and First Responders Is Crucial to the Success of 988
For 988 to work, first responders must be able to easily and rapidly connect people to care.
988 Will Benefit From Tech Innovations Jump Started by Pandemic
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
Kathy Kliebert on How Disasters Can Be a Catalyst For Change
The Bridge Center for Hope opened its doors in February 2021, and it's already making an impact. Kathy Kliebert, former secretary of health and former assistant secretary of behavioral health for Louisiana, says that the journey to develop the Bridge Center for Hope started in 2005 with the devastation of
