National Council for Mental Wellbeing

We’ve come a long way in our journey to ensure all Americans living with mental illnesses and addictions have access to comprehensive, high-quality care – but there’s still more to do. In this video, Chuck shares his journey to becoming CEO of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, while highlighting a few of our biggest […]

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You’re gonna miss this You’re gonna want this back You’re gonna wish these days hadn’t gone by so fast These are some good times So take a good look around You may not know it now But you’re gonna miss this Trace Adkins There was a jukebox in my room at the Gaylord Opryland and […]

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The human spirit is indomitable, but there are times when trauma overwhelms a person’s ability to cope. Addressing trauma in an individual’s life isn’t a matter of the latest treatment fad – it can be a matter of life and death. It could have been for Jess, who was sneaking sips out of her parents’ […]

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Integrated physical and behavioral health care is a concept whose time has come. Integrated care is about providing trauma-informed, holistic care to seamlessly address all health concerns of patients and their families. In practice, it means: Checking a person’s blood pressure when they come in for a medication visit with their psychiatrist. Screening for substance […]

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If you don’t fix the hole in the soul… you’re working at the wrong thing. – Oprah Winfrey Far too many children are growing up with a “hole in their soul.” Nearly half the nation’s children have experienced at least one or more traumatic events, including physical or sexual abuse, or neglect. The more adverse […]

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Asked to write a column for Mental Health Weekly’s Special Preview Issue, it was a chance to connect with Mental Health Weekly’s audience and then to share the piece as my first blog for 2018. But limited by space in both the column and blog forced choices on the focus of content. There are so […]

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Do you know where you’ll be at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018? I don’t. So why do we expect patients affected with mental illnesses or addictions to make appointments 30, 60, or 90 days in advance and then we’re surprised when they don’t show? Forcing patients to predict the future is not good […]

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I was saddened when I read the headline on April 21 that Vivek H. Murthy was stepping down as Surgeon General at the request of the Trump administration. His leadership in bringing addictions to the forefront of public health has done the country a great service. I am deeply sorry he won’t be able to […]

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I love this quote from Hillel the Elder, one of the most important figures in Jewish history, because I often find myself asking, “If not us, who? If not now, when?” as I think about the National Council’s role in ensuring access to effective care for people with addictions and mental illnesses and in supporting […]

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We grieve for the victims, their families, the witnesses and the greater Orlando community after this horrific act of violence. And we are grateful for and stand with the community mental health providers who will support the community in the painful aftermath. The psychological wounds of a trauma of this magnitude can be severe. For […]

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