February 26, 2021
Ron Manderscheid, President and CEO, NACBHDD and NARMH
Behavioral health crises have increased dramatically in the past year primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its mitigation factors. This trend is part of the broader behavioral health pandemic now sweeping across the U.S. Consequently, new attention is being devoted to the development and improvement of state, county, and community behavioral health crisis response systems.
This week, the Ohio State Mental Health and Addiction Services, in collaboration with the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities, hosted an Ohio Crisis Academy: Rural Solutions to Crisis Continuum of Services. I served as the initial speaker, followed by Camille Harding of the Colorado Department of Human Services and Margaret Sterling and Chaz Canter of Hopewell Health Centers in Ohio. The event drew nearly 300 participants.