Israel’s Invisible Mental Health Crisis, and How it Affects Israelis with Disabilities

Published in The Jerusalem Post a hard-hitting op-ed from Beit Issie CEO Ahmir Lerner explaining that policies need to be changed to ensure people with disabilities have access to high-quality mental health care and attitudes must change so therapists are motivated to provide it.

“Israel’s mental health infrastructure is fundamentally unprepared to support the many thousands of Israelis in need. In the case of people with disabilities, the problems are systemic and multilayered”.