The Washington State Mental Health Summit is an inclusive forum for stakeholders around the state to develop, share, and advance new and promising ideas, opportunities and collaborations that will advance effective education, prevention, and care for Washingtonians living with mental health and addiction problems. The event is open to mental health stakeholders interested in participating in the improvement of mental health care in Washington State.
The Northwest MHTTC will have a table at the Summit, and will network with providers engaged in a shared vision.
What does it take to get evidence-based mental health treatment to people in need? That’s a question researchers sought to answer in a newly published study in Implementation Science. “This research is critical because it is important to know which factors may influence whether those with mental health needs are receiving services that are proven to work,” said lead author Eric Bruns, PhD, is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine as well as the Associate Director of the UW School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) Center.
This is one of the few studies to explore the dynamics and influences on states’ decisions toward mental health policy. The research team wanted to evaluate whether decision-making is driven by things that policymakers can control or by factors beyond their control.
The UW Medicine Newsroom published an article on November 18, 2019 about the Washington State Mental Health Summit. The article lists a number of new mental health initiatives that were presented at the summit, making huge impact in our state.
