This article was published by the Dallas Morning News on April 11, 2023. AUSTIN — Texas would launch a new research institute for mental health and brain diseases, seeding it with $3 billion from the state’s huge surplus, under legislation…
This article was published by KERA News on May 2, 2023. Since it began in 2022, a partnership between Children’s Health and Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute has trained 75 health professionals in Dallas-Fort Worth through online modules and in-person…
This article was published by Houston Public Media on April 3, 2023. Content warning: this story talks about suicide and severe mental illness. When Ca’Sonya Thomas was 45 years-old, she started hearing voices. It was a few weeks after one…
Organizations share impressive results from first training program to address the pediatric mental health crisis and support pediatric providers DALLAS – A new pediatric mental health initiative launched by Children’s Health, one of the largest and most prestigious pediatric health…
DALLAS – A $10 million gift from The Meadows Foundation will help the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute make mental-health care available to more Texans. “Ten years ago, The Meadows Foundation saw an opportunity to fundamentally change mental health care…
AUSTIN, Texas – Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute President and CEO Andy Keller, PhD, today gave invited testimony before the Texas House Higher Education Committee on the importance of legislation to create the Mental Health and Brain Research Institute of…
Learn all about 988, the new national suicide and crisis lifeline launched by the U.S. government in July 2022, in this nine-part limited series podcast. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) offers 24/7…
This article was published by Houston Landing on January 4, 2024. Each day after his shift as a machine operator, Eliberto Ortega used to walk through the front door of his east Houston home, take off his steel-toed work boots…
This article was published by D Magazine on March 20, 2023. Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute is helping other cities launch teams that can respond to mental health crises and divert individuals experiencing psychiatric episodes from jail. The Dallas-based mental…
This article was published by the San Antonio Report on April 3, 2023. Some of the roughly 300 inmates in Bexar County’s jail who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial could benefit from a new pilot program that was…
This article was published by the Houston Chronicle on February 21, 2023. KERRVILLE – Overlooking the Guadalupe River in this bucolic city northwest of San Antonio, the sleek new facility at the Kerrville State Hospital was designed to offer the…
AUSTIN – Former Ohio Governor John Kasich and Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute President and CEO Andy Keller, PhD, discussed historic investments in mental health from the 117th U.S. Congress, including the 2022 Federal Omnibus Appropriation Bill, during the latest…
Nearly forty charter members and dedicated supporters of the Texas State of Mind Society gathered at David and Libby Hunt’s Dallas home in March to hear Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute leadership discuss rising levels of anxiety disorders, and various…
This article was published by Prevention.com on June 1, 2023. Maybe you can only imagine the scenario, or perhaps you’ve experienced it. At night in bed, you hope sleep will obliterate the despairing emptiness that’s been looming all day. Or…
We are excited to announce that the Meadows Institute has joined venture capital fund, Telosity Ventures, to launch a Mental Health Innovation Challenge. The challenge is designed to catalyze and accelerate innovation by helping digital startups and non-profits access capital,…
Due to the winter storms in Texas, the deadline for applications is extended to February 10. Join the Meadows Institute as we launch three new School Mental Health Learning Communities across Texas this year that aim to address the growing…
Apply between January 23 & February 10 for this premier learning experience to advance school mental health in your district Our Challenge Districts are seeing a variety of concerning trends, including: Increases in student aggression, anxiety, depression, grief, and loss…
Apply between June 23 and August 8 for this premier learning experience to advance school safety and student wellness in your district. Our Challenge Districts are seeing a variety of concerning trends, including: Increases in student aggression, anxiety, depression, grief,…
This article was published by Business Fortnight on January 21, 2023. Ibn Sina Foundation continues to provide services to low-income and underserved Texans through their healthcare clinics. Here, Congressman Al Green presents a check for $1.6 million to Ibn Sina…
GALVESTON – Galveston city and county officials, in partnership with the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and other Galveston foundations today announced the launch of a new program that improves 9-1-1…