To Combat the Mental Health & Substance Use Public Health Crisis Employer, Physician & Policy Groups Partner

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– Rates of suicide and drug-related deaths are at record levels.
This crisis is being exacerbated by inadequate access to care for mental health and substance use for
Americans across the country. To realign market forces to focus on a more sustainable approach and
ensure affordable access to high value, effective treatment, a group of influential non-profits announced
a partnership to implement The Path Forward for Mental Health and Substance Use.

2019 Nantucket Children’s Mental Health Summit

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From July 31-August 2, The Hackett Center for Mental Health is hosting the second annual “Nantucket Children’s Mental Health Summit.” This unique and important event, brings together the leading minds in children’s mental health from both Massachusetts and Texas states to share and discuss innovative new ways to improve systems and overall care.

Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Overview

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In 2011, Seattle, Washington piloted the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program. LEAD, now growing across the country, is an evidence-based, collaborative, pre-arrest diversion program aimed at improving public safety by reducing drug use, drug selling, and the quality-of-life problems…

Severe Violence Trends

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The research is clear that severe mental illness alone is not a good predictor of violence. A large-scale, multi-year epidemiological study found that people who only had a severe mental illness and did not have a co-occurring substance abuse condition…

Medicaid Managed Care Performance Measures

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In March 2018, in response to Article II, HHSC Rider 45 of the 2018-19 General Appropriations Act (85(R) SB 1), the Meadow Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) reviewed performance measures for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) in Texas and…

Texas Mental Health Research Framework

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The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) prepared the Texas Mental Health Research Framework (Framework) upon the request of the chairs of academic departments of psychiatry in the state of Texas and behavioral health leaders in state government in an…