As co-chairs of the Indiana Mental Health Roundtable, we recently hosted a summit of business, government, health care and nonprofit leaders to discuss and collaborate on the “Business of Mental Health.”
After missing the final five games last season because of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder that led him to contemplate suicide, the veteran lineman is thriving again.
Without swift and decisive action, more Hoosiers struggling with mental illness and substance use disorders will not receive the treatment they desperately need and end up behind bars.
The Ackerman Center was launched in March 2023 to help address the post-COVID bump in demand for mental health services by tackling a related problem—a significant shortage of mental health workers.
Hancock County’s Mobile Response Team was founded in 2022 as a collaboration between Community Health Network, Hancock Health and local law enforcement.
Elaine Gilbert leads the eight-week Mental Resiliency Training Program, which teaches skills such as coping and emotional regulation to help athletes manage stress, build resilience and enhance their focus.
Licensed behavioral health consultants—psychologists, social workers, etc.—at The Jane Pauley Community Health Center provide support for patients experiencing mental-health challenges that are affecting their physical health.
Jenn Wells, an executive at the Greenfield-based health care system, is trying to make difficult conversations more accessible through a women’s health podcast she started last fall called “Just Jenn.”
Gov. Mike Braun signed an executive order for state agencies to keep businesses in mind when setting environmental rules. That directive could soon materialize in changes to rules governing the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
A Senate panel also considered raising monthly pension benefits for retired police and firefighters—along with contribution rates for local government employers.
