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Social Workers: The Backbone of Reimagined 988 Emergency Crisis Services

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By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA. W hen the National 988 Suicide Prevention Crisis Hotline goes into effect July 16, 2022, it will probably be the most significant public policy initiative impacting behavioral healthcare since the Medicaid expansion. Legislation. 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Implementation Act.

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A Proportional Response

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The Affordable Care Act helped people access health and mental health healthcare, but the politicians that got that law passed left a lot of blood on the floor for it and we may have to fight in the same way to keep as much of it intact as possible. Ignacio Pacheco, MSW, LCSW. Fear is a terrible beast. We are all in this together.