MH coalition asks government for needed protective gear

Abstract

A mental health coalition on April 1 in urged the federal government to provide personal protection equipment (PPE) to all behavioral health care professionals on the frontlines of the COVID‐19 pandemic. The letter, signed by the National Council for Behavioral Health, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Mental Health America and the American Psychiatric Association, states that the lack of PPE is putting behavioral health care workers at risk.