National Council for Mental Wellbeing

The COVID-19 pandemic represents the greatest crisis to ever hit community mental health and addiction treatment providers. While Congress and the Trump administration have moved quickly to enact policy changes that will ensure more people can receive the health care they need during the crisis, many significant gaps remain. The community behavioral health system, particularly […]

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Now, more than ever, Americans need strong, clear leadership on how to address the mental health and addiction crisis in our country. Recent polling shows 75% of Americans believe the country and federal government are not doing enough to address these issues. We need to hear from you where you stand. On behalf of our […]

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Last month, we celebrated our 15th annual Hill Day. Every year, it gets better and better, and this year was no different. More than 700 people traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for real and lasting change – systemic change that can make a difference in the lives of millions. What united all of us […]

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I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou Ensuring that people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders have access to treatment and recovery services at parity with those offered for physical illnesses is a […]

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National Council and SAMHSA to Host Informational Webinars Stigma. Fear. Lack of awareness about mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Inability to access services that can help. There are many reasons why individuals with mental illnesses and addictions don’t get the treatment they need, but these shouldn’t be among them. Everyone can be the difference […]

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  Our ‘Five Question Fridays’ interview series is back this week with another exciting guest. The goal of this interview series is to talk to the brightest minds in the Health and Human Services about everything from technology to policy. In our last interview, we spoke with Dr. Lloyd Sederer, the Chief Medical Officer of the […]

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 “If not us, who. If not now, when?” Hillel the Elder I have had many sleepless nights in 2017. Since our nation’s political leaders entered office in January, pledging to drastically cut and reshape our nation’s health care system, I have laid awake worrying about the fate of millions who rely on Medicaid for mental […]

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Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (H.R. 2646) by an overwhelming 422-2. The bill – originally introduced three years ago by Reps. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) in the aftermath of the 2012 Newtown tragedy reflected the frustration of many who know we can […]

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Clarity helps. When violence of great magnitude strikes we’re confused, unable to understand. Looking for order in chaos, we can use simplistic labels to assign motive and briefly comfort ourselves— terrorist or crazy person. We want to regain control and take action, so we design political responses based upon the label. The following piece by […]

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The following is the oral version of my testimony to the Senate Finance Committee  on April 28, 2016. You can also read the full written testimony I submitted here.   Good afternoon Chairman Hatch, Ranking Member Wyden and Members of the Committee. My name is Linda Rosenberg and I’m the President and CEO of the National Council for […]

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