In this episode, recorded at the 2019 Crisis Residential Conference, Dr. Debra Pinals presents on the importance of a behavioral health crisis continuum in effective service delivery, as well as lessons learned from other countries in mental health policy.
Dr. Debra Pinals is the medical director of behavioral health and forensic programs for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Pinals is also a clinical adjunct professor at the University of Michigan Law School. She serves as the director of the Program in Psychiatry, Law, and Ethics and as a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Pinals has also written several seminal papers on the behavioral health crisis continuum in collaboration with the National Association for State Mental Health Program Directors and the Treatment Advocacy Center.
Download the NASMHPD/TAC papers for free at www.nasmhpd.org.
