The staggering mental health toll and wide-scale suffering, pain and loss that has rippled out from the COVID-19 pandemic demands a muscular, nationwide response that doesn’t just help Americans #Strive2BeWell, but also helps them #Thrive2BeWell.
For this May’s Mental Health Awareness Month, Well Being Trust is rolling out resources and guides, developed in collaboration with several partners, to raise awareness, elevate the conversation about the nation’s mental health crisis, and provide actionable solutions.
The resources below include specific action items tailored to the unique capabilities of the following audiences: local communities and the public at large, health care systems and providers, and policymakers at all levels of government.
View the resources below:
- Action Guide for Communities and Local Leaders – Supporting a Nation in Crisis: Solutions for Local Leaders to Improve Mental Health and Well-Being During and Post-COVID-19
- The United States of Care offers state-based solutions for connecting people to mental health care and addiction recovery services–during and after the pandemic
- Thriving Together: A Springboard for Equitable Recovery and Resilience in Communities Across America
- Unified Vision for Transforming Mental Health and Substance – A roadmap for accelerating effective mental health as the nation continues to weather the COVID-19 pandemic
- Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Addiction Workforce: Policy recommendations and other ways to improve the capacity of mental health workforce
- Weekly Newsletter: Mental: Fighting the fragmentation of mental health one policy at a time – by Dr. Benjamin F. Miller, Chief Strategy Officer, Well Being Trust
- Health Care Coverage for the Relentless: Insurance essentials from a mother’s quest for mental health parity
- A Guide to Promoting Health Care Workforce Well Being During and After the COVID 19 Pandemic
- A Guide for Health Systems to Save Lives from “Deaths of Despair” and Improve Community Well-Being
- 7 Standards to Guide Health Care Systems in the Role They Can Play in Effective Community-Based Approaches to Caring for Populations
- Health Policy Brief: Understanding Suicide Risk and Prevention
- Policy Guide for Parents, Policymakers addressing Covid’s Intensifying Impact on Kids’ Mental Health
- 60 research-based policies, practices and programs to reduce substance use, alcohol misuse and suicide – and promote better well-being for all Americans – View the Pain in the Nation Report
Five videos from the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s Mental Health & Suicide Prevention National Response to COVID-19 featuring leading experts in the field.
