Announcements

June 18, 2024

Meadows Institute Announces Statewide Rollout of the Texas Blue Chip Program to Support Law Enforcement Mental Health

From left: Gene Ellis of the Texas Police Chiefs Association, Gregory Stevens of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, Chief Steve Dye of the Allen Police Department, Chief Special Agent Will Johnson of the BNSF…

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June 6, 2024

‘A Paradigm Shift’

Meadows Institute leaders call for expanding the crisis care continuum into pretrial detention From left: Yolanda Lewis, executive vice president for justice and health at the Meadows Institute, Tim Bray, vice president for justice and…

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May 23, 2024

Meadows Institute Takes to Capitol Hill in Support of Measurement-Based Assessment and Care for Serious Mental Illness

By Geoffrey Melada | May 23, 2024 From left: Josie Cooper, executive director of the Alliance for Patient Access, Reyna Taylor, senior vice president of public policy at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Meadows…

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May 28, 2024

“There are a lot of reasons to be hopeful”

The Meadows Institute shared its insights for improving youth mental health at a recent Texas Tribune panel Yes, we have a youth mental health crisis in our country. And, yes, we have “lots of reasons…

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May 6, 2024

The Meadows Institute Spotlights Integrated Behavioral Health Care on “Health Uncensored With Dr. Drew.”

Dr. Drew brought national attention to integrated behavioral health care on an episode of his Fox Business program that aired on May 5, 2024. Andy Keller, the president and CEO of the Meadows Institute, and Roshni…

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April 23, 2024

“I’m excited about what the future holds”

Meadows Institute expert hails Texas’ record of innovation at Department of Education conference on collegiate mental health Meadows Institute senior fellow for strategic partnerships, Phil Ritter (second from left), participates on a panel at the…

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April 17, 2024

‘Go And Tell Your Story’

Meadows Institute experts share advice on speaking to lawmakers about pediatric integrated behavioral health care and the Collaborative Care Model at the AACAP legislative conference. The hundreds of child and adolescent psychiatrists from around the…

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April 10, 2024

Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute’s Center for Child and Family Wellness Unveils Innovative New Higher Education Initiative

On April 10, members of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute’s Center for Child and Family Wellness introduced the innovative “Minding College Minds™ Postsecondary Mental Health Learning Community,” a first-of-its-kind effort to support the mental…

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March 12, 2024

Apply Now: Northeast Texas Advancing School Safety and Student Wellness Learning Community

Apply between April 1 and April 12 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…

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February 23, 2024

‘The trauma you don’t transform, you transmit’

Early intervention is key to promoting brain health and avoiding the criminal justice system, Institute’s Yolanda Lewis tells Brain³ Summit By Geoffrey Melada | February 23, 2024 Yolanda Lewis addresses the Brain³ Summit held Feb….

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February 27, 2024

Apply Now: San Antonio Advancing School Safety and Student Wellness Learning Community

Apply 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, and…

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February 16, 2024

Extending the Clinical Impact of Behavioral Health Prescribing Clinicians Using the Collaborative Care Model

For years, the prevalence of behavioral health conditions has been increasing in the United States, with the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating this troubling trend. The demand for behavioral health treatment currently far outpaces the supply due…

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February 22, 2024

Apply Now: Tarrant County Advancing School Safety and Student Wellness Learning Community

Apply between March 19 and April 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…

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January 19, 2024

‘A Crisis is not a Crime’

Institute’s Yolanda Lewis discusses transforming the culture of crisis response at Chicago Bar Association

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February 6, 2024

TV’s “Dr. Drew” shines national spotlight on Dallas’s RIGHT Care Team

Meadows Institute president and CEO discusses transforming mental health emergency response on Fox Business

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December 8, 2023

“Access, access, access”: pediatric collaborative care takes center stage at Advancing Behavioral Health and Policy Summit

By Geoffrey Melada | December, 2023 Jason Richie, director of public health, Milken Institute (l), and Meadows Institute’s Vice President of Care Innovation Clare McNutt field questions from the audience at the Advancing Behavioral Health…

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December 14, 2023

Meadows Institute’s Yolanda Lewis and Timothy Bray featured in NAMI’s Ask the Expert Series

Pretrial detention is a high-risk time for individuals with mental illness, and suicide remains one of the leading causes of death in U.S. jails. “Over half of the people in jails are detained on a…

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November 20, 2023

“Now is an opportunity to be engaged”: Highlights from the 2023 Behavioral Health Tech Conference

A diverse array of behavioral health providers, health plans, investment firms, startups, as well as some of the leading minds in national mental health policy, flocked to Phoenix, Arizona last week for the 2023 Behavioral…

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November 17, 2023

Top five takeaways from the first ever policy track at the 2023 Behavioral Health Tech Conference

The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute proudly partnered with Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech to lead the first ever policy track at the 2023 Behavioral Health Tech Conference, held Nov. 15 – 17 in Phoenix, Arizona….

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November 15, 2023

How to support grieving children over the holidays: 5 tips from a child psychologist

For many of us, the holiday season is a happy and joyful time that we look forward to all year. But after experiencing the death of a loved one, the holidays can be a very…

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