Event
National Response Congressional Briefing Series - Understanding the Problem; Crafting the Right Response
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This conversation is the first in a series of briefings from the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s Mental Health & Suicide Prevention National Response to COVID-19 (National Response), called “Action Needed: Tackling the Nation’s Mental Health Crisis.” This initial conversation breaks down the mental health and addiction crisis facing the nation and lays out how we can begin to stop it, and features NIMH Director Dr. Joshua Gordon, Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy, founder of the Kennedy Forum, and Director of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, Colleen Carr. For more information about the National Response, visit https://nationalmentalhealthresponse.org/. This kickoff briefing is co-sponsored by Senator Stabenow, Representative Napolitano, and Representative Katko.