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Authors published in the Psychiatric Services journal review solutions to better support child and adolescent mental health. Among other services, the authors discuss the importance of embracing new models of care, including integrated youth services hubs.
As calls flood into 988 crisis lines, most states have yet to ensure stable funding for the services.
Dr. Balfour explores how having a clear understanding of the services different crisis stabilization units provide can help communities serve the unique needs of each individual in crisis without unnecessarily restrictive or intensive levels of care.
The CrisisRoadmap experts offer two approaches to measure development: The first is process-based and involves mapping flow through the various parts of the crisis continuum
Associated Press article describing increasing utilization of the new mental health crisis number 988
CrisisRoadmap experts Drs. Jackson, Minkoff, and LeMelle describe ideal crisis services for people experiencing homelessness with mental illness.
GAP Community & Psychiatry Co-Chairs Drs. Margie Balfour and Ken Minkoff write a practical guide to understanding the new behavioral health emergency number and creating effective messaging for patients, families, and colleagues.
With quotes by CrisisRoadmap expert Dr. Margie Balfour, author Leah Kuntz outlines logistical challenges to 988, lessons from 911, and potential impacts of 988 implementation.
Psych News article written by Kyle Lane-McKinley outlining SAMSHA’s best practices ahead of 988’s soft launch
GAP Community and Psychiatry Chair Dr. Margie Balfour describes how we currently have a golden opportunity to determine the future of behavioral health crisis care in the United States
An Atlantic article written by GAP Community and Psychiatry Committee member Judge Steve Leifman and Norm Ornstein describing how if we stop using prisons as warehouses for psychiatric patients, we could instead heal people and save tax dollars.
Short video interview with GAP Community and Psychiatry Committee Chair Dr. Margie Balfour and Sergeant Winsky describing Tucson’s model mental health crisis continuum as well as the latest crisis system developments, including the upcoming 988 mental health hotline number.
Highlights Tucson’s mental health crisis response and the work of GAP’s Community and Psychiatry Committee Chair Dr. Balfour
Produced by The Justice Center Council of State Governments, this toolkit services as a central hub for local communities and states looking to establish or strengthen community responder programs with the goals of improving health outcomes, increasing connections to services, and reducing unnecessary police involvement.
Produced by the California Health Care Foundation and the Technical Assistance Collaboration, “Mobile Crisis Teams: A State Planning Guide for Medicaid-Financed Crisis Response Services” provides a brief overview of the updates for Mobile Crisis financing with links to read the full document and other related resources.
In collaboration between the Brookings Institute and University of Southern California, a health policy analysis titled Building a Sustainable Behavioral Health Crisis Continuum, in which the GAP Roadmap is cited several times.
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