Senator Creigh Deeds: How A Virginia Senator Turns Grief Into Behavioral Health Law
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Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds discusses his journey from personal loss to advocating for mental health reform.
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds to talk about how personal loss turns into a long-term push for mental health reform that actually survives the news cycle. We focus on what legislation can change, what funding really buys, and why the mental health workforce crisis is the wall every good idea hits. • his path from rural public service to mental health advocacy after his son’s diagnosis and death • why he builds a legislator-led commissio...
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