For instance, imagine a doctor treating someone for a heart attack but not telling the person to eat a healthy diet and to get more exercise.
Brenna, a senior policy analyst from Gov. Christine Gregoire's office, said that's the equivalent of what the mental-health system does now — treats illnesses when they become crises without putting an effort into prevention.
Brenna met this week with area mental-health advocates in Kennewick to gather ideas for the governor's Mental Health Transformation Project, a statewide initiative aimed at reforming the mental-health system and taking a more preventive approach to mental-health care.
He'll take ideas from community meetings across the state to a mental-health summit May 13 in Tukwila, where participants will vote on which policies they'd like to see adopted.
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