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This webinar will discuss the history and future of the Soteria model, an evidence-based alternative to acute hospitalization for persons experiencing psychiatric crises. The discussion will consider how the Soteria model would be uniquely impactful in New York State.

The fruit of a lifetime of expertise and a global quest for answers, Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health is a hopeful, actionable account and achievable vision for us all in this time of mental health crisis. Please join Dr. Tom Insel to discuss his new book, as well as the journey to writing this book and what led to a shift in his professional focus.

Using real-life examples, this interactive discussion session will share learning from the theories, tensions, challenges and benefits of co-production in health practice and research. Among other areas, we will collectively discuss power inequalities, lived experience vs data to inform decision-making, and ethical considerations. 

Come learn about this innovative "Community As Medicine" approach, explore implementation models in behavioral health, ask questions, and get an experiential taste of Open Source Wellness methodology. 

Offered in partnership with the the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL)

Join us for a dialogue with some of our nation’s behavioral health leaders to look a year ahead in behavioral health policy for three issues being addressed by communities throughout the country:

---Implementation of 988 and crisis system transformations
---Supporting workforce mental health and addressing burnout
---Addressing mental health needs of children and youth

This 90-minute conversation will include discussion about what is expected in national policy for each of these three issues, what this means at the local level, and the balance between community rights and personal rights.

Offered in partnership with the New York Association for Psychiatric Rehabilitation (NYAPRS) and Humannovations. This webinar is a follow up to Intensity, Lived Experience, and Crisis: Activating Peer Support for a Transformed Mental Health Crisis Response System, held on December 15, 2021.

Participants will learn:
1. An approach to bridging peer support values and practices for ‘encountering intensity’ with peers.
2. Trauma-informed reframes of clinical terminology for humanizing the experience of crisis and struggles
3. A set of peer crisis support core competencies, including support for suicidal intensity

Offered in partnership with the New York Association for Psychiatric Rehabilitation (NYAPRS)

While much progress has been made to develop a modern array of ‘crisis services’ including mobile crisis units, hospital diversion programs and ‘crisis call centers’ through and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network, the integration of people with lived experience of suicide and crisis as peer support providers, though, has been slow to advance.

Peer support can and should play an active role at many points in the transformation of crisis response systems, including those driven by the national 988 line initiative.

Health workers face many challenges as part of their work, such as long work hours, rotating and irregular shifts, exposure to human suffering and death, and increased risks for exposure to disease and other harms. The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified these challenges and contributed to worsening mental health. Some of the concerns include burnout, distress, compassion fatigue, depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, and suicidal ideation. These can impact the overall health and well-being of workers and may impact job performance, patient care, and safety.

As part of the American Rescue Plan of 2021, CDC NIOSH received Congressional funding to deliver a national awareness and education campaign to protect and improve the mental health of health workers. ​As we begin this effort, we invite experts from across the nation to this call-to-action forum to discuss this critical topic.