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>>> Stuart Gordon 6/25/2020 1:55 PM >>><br></span><div>Attached is this week's <em>NASMHPD Weekly Update</em>, containing:</div><div><br></div><div>(1) Information on a partnership the Department of Health and Human Services has formed with Morehouse Medical School to provide COVID-19 information to hard-hit minority, lower-income, and rural communities, as well as graphics on COVID-19 infection and testing disparities;</div><div><br></div><div>(2) news of an important NRI survey of states on the impact of the pandemic on state mental health systems, for which <font color="#ff0000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">responses are due July 10</font>;</div><div><br></div><div>(3) details on a study of the high levels of suicide risk among health professionals, particularly surgeons;</div><div><br></div><div>(4) a Crisis Now <em>Crisis Talk </em>column on the intersection of inpatient behavioral health beds and insufficient crisis care;</div><div><br></div><div>(5) information on two SAMHSA-sponsored webinars scheduled for next week on technological outreach and improving access to care through Medicaid 1115 waivers;</div><div><br></div><div>(6) a notice of an upcoming funding announcement from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) on brief suicide prevention interventions for youth; and</div><div><br></div><div>(7) additional NASMHPD Links of Interest which contain, <em>inter alia</em>, a Government Accountability Report issued today on the Federal Government's responses to the COVID-19 pandemic (with a number of recommendations on how to do better).</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span id="GWSignatureSent" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; display: block;"><span style="display: block;"><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; display: inline-block; -ms-word-wrap: normal;">
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