Read the latest issue of Mental: Part III of a National Mental Health Rescue Plan

“Mental: Fighting the fragmentation of mental health one policy at a time” by Well Being Trust’s Chief Strategy Officer, Dr. Ben Miller, provides critical context, as well as recommendations for action and solutions to improve the mental health and well-being of all Americans.

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156,242 Too Many: A Look at Our Nation’s Pain, Plus an Antidote for it

Check out past issues below.

Feb. 11, 2021 – It begins: Mental health is our foundation – yet the issue we continue to ignore

Feb. 18, 2021 – How we got here: Few presidents have made truly consequential contributions to mental health in America – and it shows

Feb. 25, 2021 – How COVID-19, shrinking budgets, and worsening mental health make the current moment a “crisitunity” to overhaul our nation’s mental health system

March 4, 2021 -Why is it so hard to put better mental health policies in place? Part I

March 11 – Why is it so hard to put better mental health policies in place? Part II

March 18 – Why is it so hard to put better mental health policies in place? Part III

March 25 – Why is it so hard to put better mental health policies in place? Part IV

April 1 – Mental Health and Basketball: What free throw shooting and mental health reform have in common

April 8 – Creating a social movement for mental health: Three questions we need to start asking ourselves as well as a framework for success

April 15 – We can’t control crises, but we can control our response. Here’s how.

April 22 – It’s time to respond to America’s mental health epidemic. Read Part I of a National Mental Health Rescue Plan

April 29, 2021 – Biden’s American Families Plan is also a Plan for Mental Health

May 6, 2021 – Part II of a National Mental Health Rescue Plan: Building on improvements from Biden’s American Families Plan, we need a post-Covid plan for mental health. Here’s what that should look like

May 13, 2021 – Part III of a National Mental Health Rescue Plan: What a post-COVID plan for mental health should look like, with a special focus on who we need to be behind it