Mental Health Summit

10/10/2026

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/opinion/children-screens-parents-health.html?smid=em-share

If we make screens the villain, then we let the people who control children’s health care — Congress, insurers and health systems — off the hook for their failures.

10/05/2026

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/opinion/mental-health-diagnosis-labels.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.oQI9.TkkHs9wN43co&smid=url-share

More than half of people who qualify for one diagnosis also qualify for another during their lifetime.

10/03/2026

https://www.npr.org/2026/10/01/nx-s1-5981375/integration-mandate-disabilities-reversed-trump

Disability rights advocates are angered by the latest reversal but are rallying behind proposed legislation and working with states to strengthen protections for community integration.

10/03/2026

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/02/mayor-brandon-johnson-911-mental-health-response-teams/

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign promise of rolling out a non-police mental health response team is at the center of a new media blitz by his administration.

10/01/2026

https://www.mhai.org/event-details/coffee-conversation-ceus-understanding-gambling-related-harm?utm_campaign=05e473fe-96e5-44d7-bd2b-0b0943e90541&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=9262a60d-731e-47ad-bbe4-c1db64ad8454

09/30/2026

https://mhanational.org/bell-seal-recognition/workplace-mental-health-2026/?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_2E3c7ywyHcZOCyqDNNGGGDS2V_VIN7Tkt1fXt5oZFQOLIGBVC6z7qRj5aGHaiP2DjluPmi_yfyu-y3GgplVyg7pgs1w&_hsmi=38471691&utm_content=38471691&utm_source=hs_email

09/29/2026

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/28/immigrants-medicaid-one-big-beautiful-bill/

Immigrants including refugees, human trafficking survivors and people who’ve been granted asylum but don’t have green cards are slated to lose their Medicaid coverage after Sept. 30.

09/24/2026

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/23/medicaid-work-requirements/

Cook County leaders and health officials sounded the alarm Wednesday, warning that changes in the Medicaid work requirement may lead to hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents losing coverage.

09/22/2026

https://illinoisanswers.org/2026/09/15/state-standards-designed-to-prevent-jail-su***des-dont-always-work/

Dozens of people have died by su***de in Illinois jails in recent years. Advocates say a multipronged approach could prevent such deaths.

09/22/2026

https://projects.illinoisanswers.org/inside-illinois-jail-unusual-events/ -medication