Samantha Holcombe

Public and behavioral health professional. Always up for adventure. Practice Improvement Director @NationalCouncil. Opinions my own.

[National Council for Mental Wellbeing @NationalCouncil]

Despite the availability of evidence-based treatments for #opioiduse disorder and other substance use disorders, it is estimated that fewer than 1% of jails and prisons in the U.S. provide access to evidence-based medications to treat #opioid use disorder. #BeTheDifference

[Samantha Holcombe @smh687]

My promotion is not just a promotion - it’s a stepping stone, its hope for someone like me who has been there at the bottom of the barrel that they can make it — Simone, former client, peer and now Assistant Director of Crisis Respite #mosaicmentalhealth #CareTransitionsNetwork

[National Council for Mental Wellbeing @NationalCouncil]

Today is our #CareTransitionsNetwork Summit! We’re wrapping up the four-year initiative by celebrating the transformational progress participating organizations have made in improving behavioral health outcomes across New York State #improvedhealthoutcomes #tcpin

[National Council for Mental Wellbeing @NationalCouncil]

The #CareTransitionsNetwork 4-year initiative helped support 4,000 clinicians across New York implement evidence-based treatments for people with #mentalillness. Today we are celebrating their transformational progress at our end-of-project summit. #ImprovedHealthOutcomes #TCPI

[Samantha Holcombe @smh687]

Let’s talk about how we address the issue of mass violence without perpetrating additional stigma for mental health.

[National Council for Mental Wellbeing @NationalCouncil]

The @NationalCouncil Medical Director Institute convened an expert panel to analyze the root causes of mass violence, its contributing factors & the impacts on victims and society. Here’s what they found: https://t.co/iU5YJwfO3N #EnoughIsEnough #mentalhealth

[National Council for Mental Wellbeing @NationalCouncil]

Yesterday, the National Council Medical Director Institute released, “Mass Violence in America: Causes, Impacts and Solutions,” a new report following recent episodes of mass violence. Learn more and access the full report: https://t.co/rYuLsxMpqv #EnoughIsEnough #mentalhealth

[Samantha Holcombe @smh687]

Dr. Mullane sharing #WJCS investment in DBT to reduce hospitalizations. Way to represent #CareTransitionsNetwork and #TCPI

[Samantha Holcombe @smh687]

Old worlds colliding from global work to local work. So great to see @TausiSuedi at @JHUrbanHealth #SDH2019!

[Samantha Holcombe @smh687]

“We spend a lot of time beating the odds instead of changing the odds” - @BmoreforBabies Rebecca Dineen in shifting our investments towards social determinants #SDH2019 @JHUrbanHealth

[Kim Dykes @kimddykes]

“Data is like garbage. You’d better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it.” #NatCon19

[Samantha Holcombe @smh687]

“Leaders don’t walk by the trash they clean it up” - @beckykanis on leadership #NatCon19

[Samantha Holcombe @smh687]

I challenge all of you to really think about how you define risk as an organization #pophealth #caretransitionsnetwork #cmmi

[Kate Davidson @katedavidson77]

Live-streaming the reintroduction of the excellence in mental health and addictions act with a handful of my fave colleagues @NationalCouncil

[Samantha Holcombe @smh687]

Successful practice transformation requires more than just clinical design - you need strong quality improvement and project management. So happy to have all of our CTN team in town for this training! @NationalCouncil

[MentalHealthFirstAid @MHFirstAidUSA]

We are saddened by the death of Anthony Bourdain and our thoughts are with his friends and loved ones. If you are concerned that someone in your life may be considering #suicide, call @800273TALK. Here are some signs of suicide to look for and what you can do to help someone:

[National Council for Mental Wellbeing @NationalCouncil]

In response to the Surgeon General’s call to make naloxone widely available, it was announced today at #NatCon18 that Adapt Pharma and Kaléo are donating doses of naloxone to the National Council: [https://t.co/N0bcqoObZ8] #B365

[Alicia Aebersold @aliciacollin]

“A mother writes to me, her homeless son has come in finally off the streets, in his pocket a badly worn clipping. He has circled these words, from my oped: There should be no shame in having a mental illness, only shame in not helping someone who does.” @peteearley #NatCon18

[Samantha Holcombe @smh687]

“Just because it’s in the brain rather than the heart or the kidney doesn’t mean it’s not a disease that needs to be treated.” @SenStabenow on mental health as a chronic disease #NatCon18 #HillDay18

[Samantha Holcombe @smh687]

@michimarshall speaking her truth on the human experience at #NatCon18

[Samantha Holcombe @smh687]

@CBHA_Updates You bet!

[Samantha Holcombe @smh687]

Ready for @BreneBrown at #NatCon18 @NationalCouncil #bravingthewilderness