INTEGRAL NEUROSCIENCE INITIATIVE
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ADVOCACY
A voice for
whole-person care.
We focus on access, the care workforce, diagnostic understanding, and dignity through serious illness.
Explore the issuesAREAS OF ATTENTION
Where care falls short.
A clearer path to coordinated care.
Referral pathways, coverage, and local resources affect a person’s ability to receive mental and physical healthcare together. These barriers deserve attention alongside the care itself.
A question for discussion
Where do people find themselves having to start over?
Support the people entering the work.
Professional preparation, licensure, and supervision pathways shape who can enter and remain in the care workforce. We are interested in the practical conditions that make those pathways possible.
A question for discussion
What stands between a qualified professional and the community that needs them?
Making diagnostic language more useful.
Diagnostic classification, documentation, and public education shape how needs are understood. Our ICD-11 work is one part of this broader area of attention.
A question for discussion
What gets lost when the language of care is too narrow?
A whole life, through serious illness.
Relationships, grief, comfort, nature, and meaning belong in conversations about serious illness and the end of life. The person’s priorities should help guide those conversations.
A question for discussion
What would help this person feel supported and connected?
These areas guide public education and developing advocacy work.
LISTENING FIRST
The barriers are often
clearest to the people facing them.
A referral that goes nowhere. A long wait for a counselor. Having to explain the same history at every appointment. We want to hear about these experiences and the changes that would help.
PARTICIPATE
Share a barrier you have encountered.
We welcome organizations and community members who can help us understand barriers and identify useful work.
Contact us about advocacy