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Breaking Down Barriers to Mental Health
Meadows Institute leaders discuss the power of collaboration and innovation at the 79th United Nations General Assembly September 25, 2024 Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute President and CEO Andy Keller addresses the Science Summit at…
6 Essential Supports for Behavioral Health Crisis Responders
This article was originally published by The Pew Charitable Trusts on July 23, 2024. Read the full article on Pew’s website. Cities and counties seeking to implement alternative response teams for mental health emergencies can…
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…
Officials break ground on Permian Basin Behavioral Health Center
This article was published by the Midland Reporter-Telegram on April 29, 2023. “It is not a great weather day, but it is a great day for the Permian Basin.” That is how state Rep….
New institute for brain, mental health research advances in Texas House
This article was published by the Dallas Morning News on April 11, 2023. AUSTIN — Texas would launch a new research institute for mental health and brain diseases, seeding it with $3 billion from the…
Texas lawmakers consider expanding access to treatment for people experiencing hallucinations or hearing voices
This article was published by Houston Public Media on April 3, 2023. Content warning: this story talks about suicide and severe mental illness. When Ca’Sonya Thomas was 45 years-old, she started hearing voices. It was…
New jail program would help mentally ill inmates get well enough to stand trial
This article was published by the San Antonio Report on April 3, 2023. Some of the roughly 300 inmates in Bexar County’s jail who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial could benefit from a…
Calling All Innovators: Telosity Mental Health Innovation Challenge Now Open for Applications
We are excited to announce that the Meadows Institute has joined venture capital fund, Telosity Ventures, to launch a Mental Health Innovation Challenge. The challenge is designed to catalyze and accelerate innovation by helping digital…
Andy Keller, PhD, Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee on Finance about Parity & Care Integration
On Wednesday, March 30, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute President and CEO, Andy Keller, PhD, is presenting invited testimony to the United States Senate Committee on Finance to discuss ways of ensuring parity and integration…