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Behavioral Health Resources: Awareness & Prevention

The resources in this section help educate and inform hospitals and health systems on the importance and value of reducing stigma, as well as prevention and early intervention initiatives for individuals with behavioral health disorders.
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Leadership Dialogue Series: Behavioral Health Solutions With Jeremy Musher, M.D., of Lifepoint Health

In this conversation, Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and 2024 AHA board chair, talks with Jeremy Musher, M.D., chief behavioral medical officer at Lifepoint Health, about common obstacles in the behavioral health field, including access and reimbursement, as well as ways to approach mental health stigmas.
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Thinking Outside the Box to Reduce Behavioral Health Stigma and Disparities

For historically underserved populations, stigma and lack of access to behavioral health services can present huge barriers to treatment.
Presentation Resource
Member

People Matter, Words Matter

The AHA, together with behavioral health and language experts from member hospitals and partner organizations, will release a series of downloadable posters to help your employees adopt patient-centered, respectful language.
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Member

Chairman’s File: Expanding access to behavioral health care

During Mental Health Month, let’s all remember that caring for the whole person improves health and saves lives.
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Hundreds of hospitals recognized as clinical well-being champions 

The Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation Sept. 24 recognized 34 licensure boards and 375 hospitals for changing invasive and stigmatizing mental health questions in their licensing applications. 
Other Resources
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Behavioral Health Update: September 2018 Cover Note

Update on Key Issues in the Behavioral Health Care Field: September 2018 Psychiatric Hospital CEO Joins the AHA Board
Webinar Recordings
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Webinar: St. Vincent’s, Jacksonville, the ROI of Mental Health First Aid

Learn how five local hospital systems created a course to train people to perform "adult mental health first aid," giving members of the public skills to help someone who is developing or experiencing a mental health crisis
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How Respectful Dialogue Can Reduce Mental Health Stigma

This month we celebrate National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, so it is appropriate that we consider the impact of our words as we work to reduce the stigma around mental health issues.
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AHA launches new poster series on reducing stigma in health care

The AHA today launched its new People Matter, Words Matter poster series to help combat behavioral health stigma in health care settings by adopting respectful, patient-centered language.