April 3, 2023

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…

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April 3, 2023

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…

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February 23, 2023

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…

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March 30, 2022

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…

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November 10, 2021

Paso del Norte Center at Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute Announces Founding Leadership Cabinet Members

EL PASO – Paso del Norte Center at Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute on Tuesday introduced its founding leadership cabinet members at a community reception. The Center, which launched in July 2021, provides policy and…

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November 1, 2021

Dr. Quianta Moore Named Executive Director of The Hackett Center

HOUSTON – Dr. Quianta Moore, MD, JD, a nationally renowned expert in research and policies to improve the health and well-being of children and the communities in which they reside, has been named Executive Director…

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October 5, 2021

Press Release: Senator Jane Nelson Honored with First Tom Luce Award for Mental Health

AUSTIN – Senator Jane Nelson, whose contributions to better mental health policy, particularly for children, have helped Texas vastly improve its mental health care systems, was named the first recipient of The Tom Luce Award…

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July 21, 2021

Press Release: Paso del Norte Health Foundation & Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute Announce Paso del Norte Center

A Regional Mental Health Policy Center to support initiatives in the Paso del Norte region, fight stigma of mental illness The Paso del Norte Health Foundation and the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute today announced…

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July 21, 2021

Announcing the Paso del Norte Center at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute

The Paso del Norte Health Foundation and the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute have announced the launch of the Paso del Norte Center at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, a regional mental health policy…

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