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    DeQuincy Meiffren-LĂ©zine, Ph.D., director of the Lived Experience Academy and an internationally recognized suicide prevention scholar, is a suicide attempt survivor who has worked in the field of suicide prevention since 1996. Dr. Meiffren-LĂ©zine was the inaugural chair of the Attempt Survivor/ Lived Experience Division at the American Association of Suicidology and was a co-chair of the Consumer-Survivor Subcommittee for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

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    Wide adoption and expansion of telehealth in primary care and behavioral health took place rapidly as a means to provide ongoing patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The implementation of telehealth continues to rapidly change and evolve.

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    Only three months into its existence, new teams created to respond to emergencies involving mental health crises in Galveston, Texas, are showing promising results. Officially launched on March 13, the teams—called Compassionate Open Access to Services and Treatment (COAST)—are composed of a Galveston Fire Department paramedic, a Galveston police officer specifically trained to respond to mental health emergencies, and a licensed clinician from the Gulf Coast Center, a community organization that provides services for people with mental health and substance use needs.

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    For people experiencing mental health- or substance use disorder-related crises, jails and emergency departments have become frequent landing places.

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