Listen, Mental Health Matters: Don Parker, Hackensack Meridian Health – Carrier Clinic

About this episode

The episode discusses strategies for improving mental health services with Don Parker from Hackensack Meridian Health.

In the fifth episode of “Listen, Mental Health Matters,” Brian Giebink, HDR’s behavioral and mental health practice lead, speaks with Don Parker, recently retired president of behavioral healthcare transformation services for Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey. From schools to group homes to care facilities, Parker describes strategies for bolstering the continuum of care and discusses the critical issue of expanding services for both children and adults in a time of unprecedented need for mental health services.

People in this episode

Host: Brian Giebink

Guest: Don Parker

Topics covered

• mental health
• continuum of care
• behavioral healthcare
• children's services
• adult services

Keywords

• mental health
• behavioral healthcare
• continuum of care
• Don Parker
• Brian Giebink

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hackensack Meridian Health, Carrier Clinic

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