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11/11/2020

Happy Veteran’s Day! Thank you for your service. 🇺🇸

10/28/2020

These findings demonstrate evidence of racial/ethnic disparities in health that have been magnified during the COVID-19.

This study compares the numbers of nonfatal, unintentional opioid-related opioid overdoses presenting to a US urban emergency department during the early months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (March-June 2020) vs 2019, overall and by age, race/ethnicity, and insurance status.

10/26/2020

Among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, those with psychiatric illness have a 1.5 times higher risk for death that was not explained by medical comorbidity. An integrated and holistic approach to health and recovery could improve these outcomes and reduce costs.

Psychiatric illness is associated with increased medical morbidity and higher mortality apart from the medical comorbidity. These researchers used

10/23/2020

This civilian-led model for crisis response takes law enforcement completely out of the role of crisis intervention, de-escalation and treatment. This is an emerging model being seen as close as Austin, Texas.

In June, CAMH issued a surprise statement declaring that police should no longer be the first responders ‘when people are in crisis in the community’

10/19/2020

The Coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on overdose-related deaths. Increasing access to low-barrier, evidence-based treatment could save a tremendous amount of lives. The question to be asked is why more opioid funding isn’t being spent on medication-assisted treatment?

In the months since the pandemic took hold in the U.S., the opioid epidemic has taken a sharp turn for the worse. More than 40 states have seen evidence of increases in overdoses.

10/07/2020

I'll be traveling (virtually, of course!) to Houston on Thursday, October 8th and speaking as a panelist at this event. There's still time to register!!! https://form.jotform.com/202095423715047

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09/25/2020

Join our upcoming webinar on mental health and criminal justice innovation featuring Managing Partner of BeHealthle, Karla Ramirez, J. C. Adams and Jon Colburn of Cloud 9, along with Frank Webb of Harris County Sheriff’s.

Join our webinar featuring Cloud 9 along with Frank Webb of Harris County Sheriff’s and Karla Ramirez, MSHA, MSSW, LCSW of Behealthle

09/15/2020

This report supports the business case to invest in behavioral health treatment and prevention. Specifically, access to standardized screening and assessment for mental health and substance use disorders is needed.

1. The most expensive 10% of patients studied accounted for 70% of total annual healthcare costs, averaging $41,631 per patient vs. $1,695 per patient in the remaining 90% of the patient population.

2. 27% of the 21 million total patients studied had a behavioral health condition. That behavioral health group accounted for 56.5% of total annual healthcare costs.

3. 75% of patients in the behavioral health group had less than $502 in spending on behavioral health treatment, with 50% having less than $68 in behavioral health treatment for the year. Just 4.4% of total healthcare spending went toward behavioral health treatment

09/09/2020

This is a helpful tool for discharge planning and effective care coordination during the Pandemic.

This tool is designed to support nurses, social workers, case managers, and others conducting effective discharge planning and care coordination for adults with disabilities who received care or treatment for COVID-19 illness in an acute care setting, are no longer COVID-19 positive, and require con...

05/29/2020

The last 3 days to watch this powerful documentary for free on YouTube!

Get it while you can, for free!! Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops, courtesy of HBO is free until Monday, June 1st.

05/19/2020

Don’t miss this wonderful documentary that you can watch for free till 5/31! Filmed in San Antonio and featuring Joe Smarro a mental health policy and training consultant who contracts with BeHealthle.

"Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops” follows the real-life police officers Joe Smarro and Ernie Stevens as they handle cases involving the mentally ill.

In honor of Mental Health Awareness month, watch the full documentary film Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops, which follows San Antonio, Texas police officers Ernie S...

03/24/2020

Great article, thank you for sharing Ernie & Joe.

The regulatory and insurance barriers to telepsychiatry must come down immediately.