EANJ is a proud sponsor of NJ Spotlight News Virtual Roundtable Series
on Workforce Mental Health.
Powerful societal factors such as the Covid pandemic, rapid integration of technology into daily life, and polarized political sentiment in New Jersey - and indeed throughout the world - have contributed to mental health challenges for a great many people from all walks of life.
Leaders and practitioners from a range of disciplines including health care, social work, academia, and law enforcement are increasingly becoming involved with mental health crises arising in nearly all communities whether adolescent, workforce age, or elder.
Topics for this session to include mental health in the workplace, mental health professional staffing (private & public), law enforcement involvement in mental health crises, amplified risk for persons of color and LGBTQIA+