Grasstops, Grassroots and Transforming Mental Healthcare with an Inclusive Workforce
Dr. Jessica Wolf on overcoming behavioral health workforce challenges, grasstops and grassroots, and inclusion of peers at the top.
The Fusion Model and Measuring Peer Inclusion in Behavioral Health Organizations
New peer-powered scale organizational self-assessment helped behavioral health organization align its crisis care principles and practices.
The Chronic Misunderstanding of the Peer Role in Behavioral Health
Peers are often thrown into roles more like behavioral health technicians due to a fundamental, nationwide misunderstanding of what peers do and the function they serve.
Author of “Crazy” Shares His Story of Navigating Virginia’s Crisis System with His Son
Former Washington Post reporter and best-selling author Pete Earley was introduced to the mental healthcare system when, in 2000, his son called him and said, “I can’t tell if I’m dreaming all the time or if I’m awake.”
How Are the Kids? Teens Helping Teens Through the Pandemic
Teens are navigating social distancing during a pandemic, the absence of school and face-to-face time with friends and peers, and increased dependency on social media for connection, leaving many feeling in limbo and without the in-person support they typically depend on. Nikki Kontz, clinical director at Teen Lifeline (800-248-TEEN), says
Erica Chestnut-Ramirez on Mobile Crisis as the First Responders of Behavioral Health
Erica Chestnut-Ramirez says mobile crisis is person-centered and therapeutic and has a high stabilization rate. “That means we can keep people in the community, and they don’t have to go to higher level, higher-cost services.”
