Tag: Policy Implementation

March 10, 2025

“The Bipartisan Issue of Our Generation”

Roshni Koli, the Meadows Institute’s chief medical officer, receives a prestigious appointment in the fight against suicide.  Dr. Roshni Koli, chief medical officer of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute The Meadows Mental Health Policy…

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January 27, 2025

Harris County contends with shortage of mental health workers despite landmark state investment

This article was originally published in Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Research’s Urban Edge on January 27, 2025.  “The Texas Legislature has made historic, life-saving investments in mental health over the last decade,” Andy Keller,…

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January 2, 2025

Mental health advocates ask Texas lawmakers to replace expiring COVID-19 relief funding

This article was published in The Texas Tribune on January 2, 2025. “The Texas Legislature has made historic, life-saving investments in mental health over the last decade,” said Andy Keller, president and CEO of the…

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November 21, 2024

Could Texas do for Alzheimer’s research what it did for cancer?

This article was published in The Texas Tribune on November 21, 2024.  News of a fund for dementia being made possible next year has been praised by health advocates. Andy Keller, president and CEO of the…

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November 18, 2024

The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute’s Statement on Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s Announcement of the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of Texas

DALLAS – Nov. 18, 2024 – Andy Keller, the president and CEO of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, released this statement applauding Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s announcement of the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of…

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May 24, 2023

Blaming mass shootings on mental health is oversimplifying a complex problem, experts say

This article was published by WFAA on May 24, 2023. DALLAS — Each time it happens, Texas’s top leaders point the finger at one thing: mental illness. And it’s happened a lot. In 2017, 26…

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April 27, 2023

Collaborative Care Implementation Costs Across Health Care Systems

Collaborative Care (CoCM) is an evidence-based treatment model for behavioral health integration. Typically implemented in general medical or pediatric settings, CoCM leverages the services of a specially trained behavioral health care manager to collaboratively manage…

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March 20, 2023

Meadows Institute President & CEO Testifies on Need for Mental Health & Brain Research Institute of Texas

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…

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