Spotlight on Rethinking Mental Health Care

The nation’s mental health crisis is worsening with the COVID-19 pandemic. About two in five adults reported struggling with their mental health, including substance use, in the last year. That’s twice the number of Americans who typically experience a mental illness in any given year. It’s time to rethink mental health care.  

How can our system of care shorten the ten year average to treat people after their first symptoms? What would the ideal mental health care system look like? What policies need to change to create it? 

Watch below as host Kimberly Adams talks with national leaders in mental health care and policy reform in a recent virtual event discussion.  

This program will be airing on public radio stations nationwide in May. Contact your local station about carriage and air times. 

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RESOURCES

• Call to Mind Media Style Guide

• Mental Health factS (CDC)

• Congressional Mental Health CaucusA Unified Vision for Transforming Mental Health and Substance Use Care (Well Being Trust)

Pandemic Learnings

• Many Americans continue to experience mental health difficulties as pandemic enters second year (Pew Research Center)

• The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use (Kaiser Family Foundation)

• Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic (CDC)

CARE SYSTEMS

• Primer on Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics

• Deep Dive on Community Mental Health Centers and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (SAMHSA)

This event is produced by Call to Mind, American Public Media’s initiative to foster new conversations about mental health, and will be recorded for national broadcast distribution. Call to Mind may contact registrants about this event and future content. 

What: Spotlight on Rethinking Mental Health Care

When: Thursday, April 15, 2021 1:00 – 3:00PM ET | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT

Where: Digital gathering via Zoom, broadcast on public radio at a later date