What American Mental Health Care Is Missing

What American Mental Health Care Is Missing

During my last year as director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), I was in Oregon giving a presentation to a room full of mental health advocates, mostly family members of youth with serious mental illness. During my tenure as “the nation’s psychiatrist,” the nickname of my role, I oversaw more than $20 … Read more

What I Learned as the ‘Nation’s Psychiatrist’

What American Mental Health Care Is Missing

During my last year as director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), I was in Oregon giving a presentation to a room full of mental health advocates, mostly family members of youth with serious mental illness. During my tenure as “the nation’s psychiatrist,” the nickname of my role, I oversaw more than $20 … Read more