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Responding to these worrying trends, the Carter Center's Mental Health Program launched the Primary Care Initiative (PCI) in 2008 as a multi-year project to increase the early detection and treatment of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse in primary care settings. By bringing together national leaders, providers, and advocates to address ...
The mental health journalism fellowships program was founded in 1996 by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter based on an essential premise: to give journalists the resources they need to report on mental health — one of the world’s most underreported health issues — and help dismantle through storytelling the stigma and discrimination that ...
The program’s work is guided by the Mental Health Task Force, which for years was chaired by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Mrs. Carter was a driving force in the field of mental health throughout her career. Like other programs at The Carter Center, the Mental Health Program achieves its goals by leading coalitions, convening and ...
Mrs. Carter played a key role in the passage of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, which ensures that mental illnesses are covered by insurance at parity with other illnesses. Working with the government of Liberia, The Carter Center has helped to train over 300 credentialed mental health ...
Symposium on Mental Health Policy. For 32 years, the Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy focused on improving mental health and health care in the U.S. by bringing together thought leaders to learn about and discuss issues such as promoting access to appropriate and affordable behavioral healthcare services, improving the quality ...
The Carter Center provides resources through its network of over 250 fellows, scientific, health care, education, consumer, family, provider, and government agencies. Fellowships are tailored to suit the needs, interests, and experiences of each fellow. They also generate knowledge and information to benefit the mental health field and the public.
Feb 8, 2024 · Feb. 8, 2024. Carter Center’s Georgia Mental Health Parity Campaign Elevates Awareness of Mental Health Rights in Savannah and Albany. ATLANTA — At a press conference held during its inaugural Mental Health Parity Day today at Georgia’s State Capitol, The Carter Center released results of its first Georgia mental health parity awareness ...
