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Homelessness and Crisis: Who Will Answer the Call

WEBIn January 2020, a point-in-time count in the United States revealed homelessness continues to be a public health emergency. There were 580,466 people …

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It’s Time the Behavioral Health Field Expand Their

WEBSome of the crisis interventionists, notes Dr. Watson, have lived experience with behavioral health challenges and incarceration. “They’ve been there and navigated …

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Seth Kahan on Stigma and the National Grand Challenge To …

WEBToday, Kahan is the grand challenge adviser to the Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah’s nationwide mental health and substance use …

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Communities Must Have All Core Crisis Elements to Reach

WEBWhen Paul Galdys sat down to write the National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care, there was a clear, simple objective: advancing an emergency …

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Representative Steve Eliason on 988: How Crisis Intervention and

WEBIn February 2020, Utah’s state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn went to a legislative caucus to discuss a potential public health concern. “She came to tell us …

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Doctors Told Her There Was No Hope for Recovery, So She …

WEBIn the ‘80, when Mary Ellen Copeland was in her forties, she spent time in a psychiatric unit at a Northern New Hampshire hospital. A doctor told her, “If you’re not …

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Milwaukee County on Providing the Right Care at the Right Place …

WEBCrisis Line. The behavioral health division operates a countywide, 24/7 mental health and suicide Crisis Line (414-257-2222) that serves as the entry point for …

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How a New CMS Model in Maryland Fostered Innovation and

WEBIn Maryland, the Health Services Cost Review Commission, an independent state agency, plays a vital role in health reform innovation and implementation.The …

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How Montana Is Redesigning Crisis Services in a Rural Landscape

WEBThe 2019 survey revealed that 15.6% of 7th and 8th graders and 10% of high school students had made a suicide attempt. Among American Indian students, 15.4% …

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Sue Ann Atkerson, CEO of Behavioral Health Link, Testifies Before

WEBShe is the editor in chief of #CrisisTalk. You can reach her at [email protected] . Last week, Sue Ann Atkerson, LPC, MBA, CEO of Behavioral …

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Georgia Innovator Built a System of Connection to Better Serve …

WEBGraham’s innovations are forward-thinking. That’s partly because of his decades in behavioral health, ranging from running a 95-bed substance use and …

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Georgia’s Crisis System Transformation and Lessons Learned in

WEBThe Georgia Crisis and Access Line or GCAL (1-800-715-4225) is a call center integrated into the local healthcare system with 24-hour mobile crisis response …

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Stateline Takes a Deep Dive Into the 'Arizona Model' for Crisis Care

WEBChristine Vestal, a staff writer for Stateline, takes a deep dive comparing what people in behavioral health crises in Maricopa County, Arizona, experience compared to …

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Embedding Crisis Response in Harris County’s 911 Dispatch Center

WEBBetween the hours of 6 am and 10 pm, seven days a week, behavioral health call takers sit alongside 911 call takers at the Houston Office of Emergency …

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Los Angeles Transitional Housing Facility Has 24/7 Access

WEBShe is the editor in chief of #CrisisTalk. You can reach her at [email protected] . In November, Los Angeles County increased its transitional …

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Puerto Rico’s 988 System: Director Dr. Monserrate

WEBTrust comes from the quality of services, says Dr. Monserrate Allende Santos. “When someone calls our crisis line, we respond immediately, utilizing all our …

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Reengineering LA County’s Crisis Systems

WEBBy summertime, talk of 988 was buzzing in the suicide prevention and mental health community. In June 2020, FCC chairman Ajit Pai announced the agency was …

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Washington State’s 988 Legislation Includes a 988 Tribal Crisis Line

WEBWashington State is creating a 988 tribal behavioral health and suicide prevention line, which includes $1 million in funding to develop and operate the line and …

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