The Crisis Podcast: COVID-19

June 16th, 2020: Dr. Margie Balfour & Dr. Andrew Bazakis

In this episode, Travis interviews Dr. Margie Balfour and Dr. Andrew Bazakis. Dr. Balfour works for Connections Health Solutions, and she has published several seminal papers on crisis metrics. Dr. Bazakis is an Emergency Room physician and a teaching professor at Central Michigan University's Medical School.

June 10th, 2020: Dr. Matthew Goldman

In this episode, Travis interviews Dr. Matthew Goldman, Public Psychiatry Fellow with UCSF Medical Center. Dr. Goldman discusses the impact of COVID-19 on mobile crisis and outpatient psychiatry services in San Francisco, as well as implications of sound mental health policy on crisis systems.  To read Dr. Goldman's recent publication on Mental Health Policy in the Era of COVID-19, go to: https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000219 [https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000219]

May 5, 2020: Carolyn Levitan & Ashley Womble

Travis interviews Carolyn Levitan and Ashley Womble. Carolyn is the Crisis Line Director at Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services in Los Angeles, CA. Carolyn is also a board member of CONTACT-USA, an accreditation body for crisis call centers across the world. Learn more about Didi Hirsch at www.didihirsch.org, and learn more about CONTACT USA at www.contact-usa.org.  Ashley Womble is the Communications Director at Crisis Text Line, a national text support line. She is also the author of "Everything's Going to Be OK." Learn more about Crisis Text Line at www.CrisisTextLine.org. You can find Ashley's book on Amazon.

April 30, 2020: Mona Townes and Tracie Bussi

Travis interviews Mona Townes and Tracie Bussi. They discuss mobile crisis services in their respective organizations during COVID-19.  Mona Townes is the Director of Crisis Services at Integrated Family Services in North Carolina. Tracie Bussi is the director of mobile crisis services at Crisis Services in Buffalo, NY

April 22, 2020: Pat Morris & Justin Chase

Travis interviews Pat Morris and Justin Chase.  Pat Morris is the Director Behavioral Health Services for Volunteers of America Western Washington. VOAWW provides crisis call center services to much of the state of Washington. She is also the president of the National Association of Crisis Organization Directors (NASCOD). Justin Chase is the executive director of the Crisis Response Network based in Tempe, AZ. CRN provides crisis call center services to much of Arizona and supports providers in several other states.