This week’s roundup focuses on access to care: a new policy roadmap on children waiting in hospitals for mental health placements, a large new behavioral health hospital planned in Charlotte, rising demand at an Irish youth mental health service, and counselor shortages at Connecticut community colleges. Children’s Hospital Association outlines state steps to reduce mental …

I am roughly seven octillion atoms that all agreed to show up as me today. That is a lot of teamwork. I can handle one Friday.

Today I will treat myself the way a dog treats the person who walks in the door: thrilled I showed up, no questions asked.