Mental Health Workgroup

 

Mental Health Workgroup Chair

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Annie Burwell, LBSW

Program Manager, Crisis Response Unit, Round Rock Fire Department

Mental Health Workgroup Vice Chair

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Kedra Priest, MA, LPC

Practice Administrator, Integral Care-Austin

Building a Better Behavioral Health Response 

In Episode 3 of On Air with CATRAC, CATRAC CEO and Executive Director Douglas Havron sits down with Annie Burwell, Mental Health Workgroup Chair and Crisis Response Unit Program Manager for the Round Rock Fire Department, to examine the challenges facing behavioral healthcare across the region.

The CATRAC Mental Health Workgroup Goals:

  • Develop shared regional resources and clearer processes around behavioral health admissions (how, why, and when patients are admitted)
  • Streamline processes across healthcare and response systems
  • Improve coordination of behavioral health support during disasters
  • Support First Responder Behavioral Health initiatives