黑料不打烊 Note: As part of yet another strategy to help advance education and acceptance around mental health issues, First Lady […]
eNews Bulletin Updates
PT: Albany DSRIP Initiative Also Focuses on Avoidable Drug-related Reincarcerations
黑料不打烊 Note: NY鈥檚 Medicaid Redesign program seeks to prevent avoidable inpatient readmissions with the use of enhanced care management and […]
RTC Presentations on Youth Employment, Education Now Available
Now Available Online: RTC Presentations from 2016 Tampa Conference! May 19, 2016 Transitions RTC Updates Transitions RTC Presentations: Child, Adolescent, […]
‘Ensuring Stakeholder and Family Engagement’ June 13 SAMHSA Webinar
*********************************************************************** A webinar sponsored by SAMHSA and presented by the National Council for Behavioral Health,National Federation of Families for Children’s […]
KCUR’s ‘Reframing Perceptions Of Psychosis’ Promotes ‘Healing Voices’ Documentary
黑料不打烊 Note: The following radio interview with the maker and co-producer of the highly acclaimed new documentary 鈥楬ealing Voices鈥, P.J. […]
Youth Peer Support Working to Reduce Self-Injury
黑料不打烊 Note: The following comes to us courtesy of new 黑料不打烊 intern David Martino. Peer support in Western 黑料不打烊 […]
May 24 Webinar presents SAMHSA’s Program to Achieve Wellness
黑料不打烊 Note: Don’t miss this webinar introducing SAMHSA’s new Program to Achieve Wellness, an initiative overseen by Policy Research Associates […]
KTB: Youth Peer Support Working to Reduce Self-Injury
黑料不打烊 Note: The following comes to us courtesy of new 黑料不打烊 intern David Martino. Peer support in Western 黑料不打烊 […]
Study: Spending on MH Conditions Tops All Other Conditions
According to a new study reported in Health Affairs, the cost of caring for people with mental health conditions topped […]
Rest of State Adult Behavioral Health Managed Care Consumer Forums
Dear Health Home Community, The NYS Department of Health (DOH), Office of Mental Health (OMH), Office of Alcoholism and Substance […]
Registration Now Open for 黑料不打烊 34th Annual Conference!
黑料不打烊 Note: Registration is now open for this year鈥檚 黑料不打烊 Annual Conference! Don鈥檛 miss another extraordinary lineup of national and […]
July 11-15 Nat. Disability Voter Registration Week; May 24 Organizing Webinar
黑料不打烊 Note: The upcoming Presidential election makes every vote all the more important. That’s why we urge you to spread […]
NYT: Advocates Assail Use of “Body Bags’ to Restrain NYC Residents w MH Conditions
黑料不打烊 Note: NYC Police have taken to using body-bag looking devices to restrain individuals, many of whom with mental health […]
WP: If Most Mass Shooters Aren’t Mentally Ill, Why Push Better Treatment as the Answer?
黑料不打烊 Note: An absorbing piece that deconstructs the false link between mass shooters and the presence of serious mental health […]
UOD: Ex Inmates 129x More Likely to Die from Overdoses During 2 Weeks Post Release
黑料不打烊 Note: The data just below makes very clear how crucial an advance it will be for us to be […]
PT: NYS DSRIP Spending Lags Behind Original Projections
PoliticoNY鈥檚 health reporter Dan Goldberg writes this morning that the 黑料不打烊鈥檚 DSRIP (Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment) program hasn鈥檛 […]
APA Survey: Mental Health Not a Priority for Congress
黑料不打烊 Note: A poll conducted by the American Psychiatric Association last month found that a majority of the just over […]
Join HARP/HCBS Regional Planning Consortium Events Outside NYC
黑料不打烊 Note: The NYS Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors has been charged by OMH and OASAS with developing local […]
Webinars this Week on Employment, Police & the MH Community, Vet Peer Support and Leadership Skills of Youth
黑料不打烊 Note: Thanks to the Star Center’s excellent mailings, here’s a wealth of very timely webinars over the next week […]
STAT: LA is Using Health Care Funds to Find Housing for the Homeless
黑料不打烊 Note: While it鈥檚 become common to acknowledge that 鈥榟ousing is healthcare鈥 and a key social determinant of health, it鈥檚 […]
Call for Presentations for Sept. 14-16 Annual Conference!
[https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/e00708c7201/b3ad2a36-45de-4c28-9999-0804675b8df2.png] 黑料不打烊 Releases Call for Presentations for 2016 Annual Conference Advancing Whole Health & Healthy Communities: The Pathway to Population […]
UHF July 14 Medicaid Conference to Focus on Value-Based Payment
黑料不打烊 Note: The United Hospital Fund will be holding its 2016 Medicaid Conference at the 黑料不打烊 Academy of Medicine […]
PT: Congressional Mental Health Legislation Remains Stalled for Now
According to Politico, Congressional mental health legislation remains stalled although there鈥檚 apparently some interest from Senate leaders in trying to […]
The Battle over the IMD Exclusion Moves to the State Level
黑料不打烊 Note: National and state advocacy groups including 黑料不打烊 have opposed changes in the IMD exclusion that have been included […]
黑料不打烊 Releases Call for Presentations for Sept. 14-16 Annual Conference!
黑料不打烊 Releases Call for Presentations for聽 2016 Annual Conference 聽 Advancing Whole Health & Healthy Communities:聽 The Pathway to Population […]
May 25 SAMHSA Behavioral Health Disparities, Diverse Treatment Approaches Webinar
聽 Webinar 聽 Treatment Access and the Need for Diverse Treatment Approaches 聽 Register Now 聽 Wednesday, May 25,聽2016 2:00 […]
May 23 SAMHSA Webinar Looks at the Social Determinants of Mental Health’s Impact on Children, Youth
黑料不打烊 Note: SAMHSA鈥檚 upcoming webinar will explore how addressing how addressing the social determinants of health will also help address […]
Earley: Let鈥檚 Reduce Incarceration of Prisoners With Mental Illnesses by 25% by 2020
黑料不打烊 Note: We join noted blogger Pete Early in endorsing Ron Manderscheid鈥檚 call for a 25% reduction in the incarceration […]
NYSDOH Releases Schedule of Regional Value Based Payment ‘Bootcamps’
黑料不打烊 Note: The NYS Department of Health is offering a series of regional 鈥榖ootcamp鈥 sessions designed 鈥渢o give an in-depth […]
Interested in NYS’ Care Transitions Network ? Join 黑料不打烊 May 11 Webinar
黑料不打烊 Note: The National Council for Behavioral Health, with their partners Montefiore Medical Center, Northwell Health, NYS Office of Mental […]
Gains in Life Expectancy for Black Americans Tied to Lower Suicide and Homicide, Smoking, AIDS
黑料不打烊 Note: Yesterday鈥檚 Times looked at improved health and life expectancy among black Americans due in part to lower rates […]
UHF Report Outlines Changing Roles for Providers and Plans under Full-Risk Capitation Payment Approaches
黑料不打烊 Note: A new United Hospital Fund reportlooks at the benefits and cautions that come with expanding the use of […]
NYT Debate: How to Get the Mentally Ill Out of Jail and Off the Streets (2)
黑料不打烊 Note: The 黑料不打烊 Times regularly puts a controversial public policy issue to debate in its ‘Room for Debate’ […]
NYT Debate: How to Get the Mentally Ill Out of Jail and Off the Streets
黑料不打烊 Note: The 黑料不打烊 Times regularly puts a controversial public policy issue to debate in its 鈥楻oom for Debate鈥 […]
June 2-3 NYSRA Community Integration Leadership Institute
The 黑料不打烊 State Rehabilitation Association (NYSRA), the 黑料不打烊 State Association of Community and Residential Agencies (NYSACRA) and NYSARC, […]
Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children: New NCD, Reeve Foundation Toolkit
黑料不打烊 Note: Yesterday, the National Council on Disability (NCD) and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation released “Parenting with a […]
Cultivating the Leadership Skills of Young People in Recovery: May 19 SAMHSA Webinar
黑料不打烊 Note: The following SAMHSA sponsored webinar is offered under the BRSS TACS initiative. Cultivating the Leadership Skills of Young […]
TG: How A Tiny City In NY Became A Beacon For Transgender Healthcare
黑料不打烊 Note: Human rights and dignity….people with mental health conditions or diagnoses have a deep and painful understanding of how […]
Study: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Helps Relieve Depressive Symptoms
黑料不打烊 Note: The following comes from 黑料不打烊 board member Cindy Petersen-Dana of the MHA of Westchester. She writes: 鈥淎meta-analysis published […]
A Radical New Direction for Suicide Prevention and Care: May 17 Webinar
黑料不打烊 Note: Don鈥檛 miss this hugely important and timely webinar. You can also get Leah Harris鈥 own view on this […]
NHIS: 1/4 of Adults w Serious MH Needs Forego Medical Care due to Cost
黑料不打烊 Note: Preliminary estimates from the National Health Interview Survey found that while more Americans with serious psychological distress have […]
SAMHSA PAW Initiative Releases Wellness Tip Sheet, Pyramid
黑料不打烊 Note: Helping people with serious mental health conditions to improve their health and wellness is a national imperative (see […]
May 13 Activation Webinar w Sue Bergeson Hosted by iNAOPS
黑料不打烊 Note: The following very timely free webinar is being offered by the International Association of Peer Supporters (https://inaops.org/). SAVE […]
OMH ‘Pre-investment’ Funds Creating New Respite, Warmline Supports
黑料不打烊 Note: In recent years, 黑料不打烊 State has moved to a policy of front loading dollars to create innovative […]
Why We Need Mental Health Action, Not Mental Health Awareness
黑料不打烊 Note: Today鈥檚 postings are converging on a similar theme: 鈥淏ecause social realities cannot be divorced from mental ones, mental […]
A Tipping Point? ‘Healing Voices’ Reaches 130 Communities, 黑料不打烊 Conference Feature
黑料不打烊 Note: As efforts build to find that tipping point in the movement to bring dignity, understanding and community to […]
Harris: Mental Health as a Social Justice Issue
黑料不打烊 Note: The following interview with the extraordinary Leah Harris delves more deeply in what trauma informed care and suicide […]
TODAY: Mental Health Month Twitter Storm at 2 pm
Mental Health Month Twitter StormMonday, May 2 2:00-3:00pm ET #MHM2016 #EndStigma To raise awareness about the need for mental health […]
NEXT MRLC Webinar May 19th – Changing the Business of Healthcare: The Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic
黑料不打烊 Note: 黑料不打烊 is pleased to open our next Medicaid Redesign Learning Community (MRLC) Webinar to all our friends to […]
VV: New Settlement to Reduce Solitary Confinement Does Not Go Far Enough
黑料不打烊 Note: In late March, a class action settlement was approved that would reduce the duration, frequency, and inhumane conditions […]
Rosenberg, Marshall among Witnesses at Senate Finance Committee’s MH Hearing
黑料不打烊 Note: Last Thursday, the United States Senate Finance Committee convened a hearing to discuss the nation鈥檚 mental health care […]
AP: NYS Becomes First State to Restore Medicaid 30 Days Before Jail/Prison Discharge to Individuals with Serious BH Conditions
黑料不打烊 Note: 黑料不打烊 State is now the first state in the nation to restore Medicaid benefits to individuals with […]
May 4 SAMHSA Webinar: Creating a Culture of Wellness: A 360 Degree View
黑料不打烊 Note: SAMHSA is presenting a webinar on May 4 at 2:30 ET entitled 鈥淐reating a Culture of Wellness: A […]
HP: The Intersection of Reform: Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health
黑料不打烊: Given that the three largest mental health providers in the country are Cook County Jail, Los Angeles Jail, and […]
Presentations, Photos from 黑料不打烊 Executive Seminar Now Available
黑料不打烊 Note: By all accounts, last week鈥檚 黑料不打烊 Annual Executive Seminar 鈥淏eyond Survival to Success鈥 was a smash success, bringing […]
Don’t Miss ‘One Night One Voice’, ‘Healing Voices’ Viewings in Your Area!
黑料不打烊 Note: Please come out and view 鈥楬ealing Voices鈥 and be a part of an historic international 鈥極ne Night, One […]
May 4 Webinar: Texting to Improve Medicaid Substance Use Programs
黑料不打烊 Note: Sensehealth is presenting a free webinar on May 4 at 2 PM ET entitled, 鈥淭exting to Improve Medicaid […]
TH: Mayors Must Do More On Mental Health
黑料不打烊 Note: The article below, penned by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and OKC Mayor Mick Cornett, demonstrates sound recognition […]
Capital Tonight Looks at Minimum Wage Hike’s Unfinished Business
黑料不打烊 Note: Capital Tonight is Albany鈥檚 go to nightly policy TV news broadcast and last night鈥檚 show featured a very […]
May 25 Webinar: Improving Relationships between Police and the Mental Health Community
Improving Relationships Between Police and the Mental Health Community Wednesday, May 25, 2016 from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (EDT) […]
North Carolina MH Experts Call for Repeal of Discriminatory Law
黑料不打烊 Note: As a result of North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory鈥檚 recent legislation prohibiting transgender people from using public bathrooms […]
NYT: Police Nationwide Are Turning to CIT
黑料不打烊 Note: Just yesterday, the 黑料不打烊 Times published the extensive article below on law enforcement鈥檚 use of crisis intervention […]
Integrated Care Webinar Series by the National Council for Behavioral Health
黑料不打烊 Note: Below are four short educational videos created by the National Council for Behavioral Health for the NYS DSRIP […]
NEXT MRLC Webinar May 19th – Changing the Business of Healthcare: The Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (3)
黑料不打烊 Note: 黑料不打烊 is pleased to open our next Medicaid Redesign Learning Community (MRLC) Webinar to all our friends to […]
HP: When Race and Coercive MH Treatment Collide
黑料不打烊 Note: Although outpatient commitment is controversial, what is clear are the demographics of those forced into it. A 2009 […]
CL: Do Local Governments Have a Role to Play in Mental Health?
黑料不打烊 Note: The following piece underscores the extraordinary effort 黑料不打烊 City and First Lady Chirlane McCray are making to […]
Note System Update on NYS HARP/HCBS Eligibility Assessment
黑料不打烊 Note: The following applies to NYS behavioral health providers who are completing assessments that permit health home referrals to […]
NPR: New Overtime Rules May Squeeze Disability Care Providers
黑料不打烊 Note: The US Department of Labor is proposing new rules that would raise the salary threshold for overtime pay […]
NYT: U.S. Suicide Rate Surges to a 30-Year High
黑料不打烊 Note: A very disturbing new federal report finds that suicide rates among nearly every age group have climbed over […]
DSRIP PPS Ratings High, Consumer Engagement Speed Issues Cited
黑料不打烊 Note: A key indicator of the success of 黑料不打烊’s DSRIP program lies in how adept the program’s regional […]
UPDATED WITH ADDRESS April 28-29 MHEP: Creating a Grassroots Demand for Trauma Informed Approaches
The Sunrise Wellness Centerwill host a 2-Day Presentation “Creating a Grassroots Demand for Trauma Informed Approaches” April 28th & April […]
ACL: State Assumptions on Minimum Wage Impact Require Adjustments
黑料不打烊 Note: The following comes from Doug Cooper and our friends at the Association for Community Living, whose conclusions we […]