National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Patti Mohling, LMSW, CADC

Counselor/Preauthorization Coordinator, Pathways Behavioral Services

Pathways Behavioral Services, a participating site in the Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solution’s collaborative in Waterloo, IA, implemented new rehabilitative services protocols in response to COVID-19 to ensure they could remain open and continue to provide services to those experiencing SUD or transitioning back into the community from the criminal justice system.

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Nicholas Addison Thomas

Director of Content Marketing for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing

In this second post in our Consulting Corner series, we speak with Jeff Capobianco about his expertise in implementing integrated care models.

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Chuck Ingoglia

President and CEO of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing

The pandemic has made barriers to access more imposing in communities across the country, due in no small part to the economic impact of a pandemic that has forced so many organizations providing mental health and substance use disorder programs to make drastic cuts. But the pandemic also has fueled massive demand for those programs.

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Nicholas Thomas

Director of Content Marketing at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing

In this edition of “National Council Conversations,” our new virtual learning series connecting you with the best minds in health care, we discuss the logistics of implementing 9-8-8, the national number for mental health emergencies associated with the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act.

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Chirlane McCray & Linda Rosenburg, MSW

Writer, mental health advocate and First Lady of New York City & former president and CEO of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, respectively

Addressing the pandemic compassionately, while keeping our communities and families safe from harm, requires immediate preparation to meet the current and future mental health needs that come with COVID-19. The mental health care workforce must play a central role in the national recovery.

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Shannon Mace, JD, MPH

Senior Practice Improvement Advisor for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing

As communities across the U.S. face entirely new experiences of social isolation, grief, economic instability and diminished hope about the future, overdose incidents are steadily increasing.

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Chuck Ingoglia

President and CEO of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Even though Thanksgiving will look different because of the battering ram of challenges 2020 has presented, we can look back with immense admiration and gratitude.

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Nicholas Thomas

Director of Content Marketing, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

On Wednesday, November 18, we kicked off our new “Wellbeing Wednesdays” virtual town hall series with our first episode, “Where Does Health Care Go from Here?”

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Ciara Hill

Project Coordinator for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing

National Veteran and Military Family Month is a time for American citizens to show their support for our military personnel, but once the official holiday ends how do we continue to show them our appreciation, particularly for deployed military personnel?

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Mark Boorse, MHS

Director of Program Development, Access Services

Access Services, a participating site in the Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solution’s collaborative, expanded COVID-19 testing to vulnerable populations within their community by leveraging innovative partnerships to scale their mobile crisis and telehealth services.

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