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A road map from our nation’s experts to transform the mental health system | Opinion
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
Dr. Thomas R. Insel, the former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, and former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy have announced that the leaders of the nation’s 14 leading advocacy groups and professional organizations began meeting early in 2020 in emergency session to generate proposals to address the new wave of need in the mental health field. Their combined expertise created a unified vision statement for transforming mental health and substance abuse care. And, for the first time, they say there is agreement among all stakeholders about what must be done.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ The chief executives of the nation s 14 leading mental health advocacy organizations and professional associations today announced the formation of a unified coalition that will engage with the federal government, governors and key elected officials in 50 states to introduce a roadmap for accelerating ef