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With COVID-19 adding even more urgency, there are four agenda items that our field must bring forward and act upon this year.

Although our celebrations this year will be unusual, the winter holiday season will be a time for us to focus on our personal happiness and emotional wellbeing.

Given their increased susceptibility to the coronavirus and higher potential for experiencing more devastating, behavioral health patients should be prioritized for vaccination.

In a meeting earlier this month, the National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors spotlighted counties' efforts to address health, social, economic and racial disparities.

The COVID-19 pandemic is generating a behavioral health pandemic, and it is very clear that our field cannot meet the new demand generated by the behavioral health pandemic without implementing a population health-minded approach.

The establishment of an emergency line specifically for mental health crises and the introduction of legislation that would put emergency responses to such situations in the hands of behavioral health professionals instead of law enforcement are among the efforts to reshape our crisis response.

A recent study shows a disconcerting rise in major mental and emotional stress in the U.S. Prevention is the key to reversing this trend.

The coming fall months are an excellent time to reflect on where we stand and where we need to go with regards to social justice.

While spikes in behavioral health conditions after disastrous events are common, the severity and extensiveness shown in a recent are signs of an exceptional situation that demands exceptional action.

Slowly, anecdotal examples of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on children—and the ways in which behavioral healthcare can address some of these issues—are beginning to emerge to illuminate these topics