A Mental Health in All Policies Agenda for the New Administration

Description

Mental health challenges are not only common but carry significant costs, both financially and socially. These issues transcend party lines, presenting a unique opportunity for the new administration to prioritize mental health in public conversation and in policymaking. This panel will bring together leaders from practice, think tanks, foundations, and academia to discuss economic empowerment as a pillar of mental health in all policies agenda that can guide the next administration. The discussion will address how non-mental health policies can have effects on population mental health and specifically how economic policies affect population mental health. Speakers will discuss the possibilities of efforts around building financial, physical, and social assets as a mental health policy priority.

Join the Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy for this engaging panel discussion at 4 p.m. followed by a networking reception at 5:30 p.m.

Panelists include:

• Brian Castrucci, president & CEO, de Beaumont Foundation
• Sally Satel, senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute
• Ruth Shim, professor in cultural psychiatry, UC Davis Health
• Hannah Wesolowski, chief advocacy officer, National Alliance on Mental Illness

The panel will be moderated by Assistant Professor Catherine Ettman from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy & Management.