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Majority of Youth Prescribed Antipsychotics Have No Psychiatric Diagnosis In The News August 3, 2015   The majority of children, […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: A movement has been growing across our nation over the past few years to create an historic moment […]

Khatera Aslami has become one of the nation’s most inspiring and widely sought speakers on the power of recovery, empowerment […]

  Register now for “A Peer Driven Solution to Isolation and Social Exclusion” Training Webinar on September 3rd at 2:00pm EDT! […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: A movement has been growing across our nation over the past few years to create an historic moment […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: A movement has been growing across our nation over the past few years to create an historic moment […]

Only 5 Weeks Till the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Annual Conference…Register Today! For more information about this event, please click the links below, […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: If you feel a bit overwhelmed by the state’s plan to move Medicaid service reimbursement to a Value […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio unveiled a multifaceted initiative aimed at enhanced outreach to homeless ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈers with […]

Here’s a copy of the newly released Mental Health Reform Act of 2015, as proposed by Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Details of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new plan to enhance services for homeless City residents […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: In addition to 2 Congressional legislative mental health proposals previously introduced by Reps. Tim Murphy and Eddie Bernice […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: This has become an eventful week for Americans with mental health conditions. Earlier this week, Senators Chris Murphy […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈers with behavioral health conditions are about to see the coordination and approval of Medicaid funded treatments […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ joins our colleagues from NYAIL, Medicaid Matters, the Empire Justice Center and a host of mental health […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Several weeks ago, a ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ panel convened by Governor Andrew Cuomo recommended raising the minimum wage for […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Here’s more on the bipartisan Senate mental health bill that was announced yesterday by co-sponsors Sens. Chris Murphy […]

The following comes from US Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell.   Colleagues, I write today to share […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-la.) and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (0-Conn) have just released a Congressional proposal they […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: National interest is rising about Recovery Now!, a coalition who seeks to change the current narrative to one […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Here’s a timely piece written by the Florida jurist who administered and presided over the Nation’s first Mental […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: This article highlights just a fraction of the complexity of finding fair and safe housing as a NYC […]

Mental Health and African Americans: Breaking the Tradition of Silence Amsterdam News; Chirlane McCray, 7/20/2015   A short time ago, […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Intentional Peer Support is ‘ground zero’ for the development of the purest form of peer support and works […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: The article below is a continuation of one we sent from MHW last week, and goes into detail […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: The following press release outlines actions taken in Ogdensburg, NY, by Step by Step to rezone a property […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: See below for a high-level job posting from the NYS OMH. The candidate will be responsible for the […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: News of the CMS approval of the NYS 1115 Demonstration means the state agencies can proceed with final […]

Report on Deadly Encounters Between Police, People with MI: Field RespondsMental Health Weekly; 7/27/2015 The Washington Post headline is alarming: […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is launching a series of analyses of Rep. Tim Murphy’s 2015 version of The Helping Families in […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: No matter how substantive and innovative new healthcare initiatives are, they can’t be successful unless people know about, […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’ Annual Conference is only a short time away. Here’s yet another reason to attend: register today! For […]

Mental Health Awareness Day Now is the time: Transformation, Hope, Recovery We are the ones we’ve been waiting for Thursday, […]

How ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Mentally Ill Get Lost in Courts, Jails and Hospitals AlJazeera America; Ben Hattem, 7/27/2015 Just before 1 […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Here’s an exciting next step action from Recovery Now!, a terrific and well-timed effort to put recovery at […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Below is an important in person training offered by MCTAC only for NYC providers or those who serve […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: My apologies for sending this yesterday without the registration link; please register for the second half of this […]

Bronx Medicaid Managed Care Public Forum Please note event date correction: Thursday, August 6, 2015, from 5:30-7:30pm   Jointly with […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: This article highlights the $15 raise of minimum wage for fast food workers as the major public health […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Register today for the second part in a series on peer support for prison reentry strategies, brought to […]

Poverty Is Bad For Mental Health – No, Really, It Is! SAMHSA SOAR TA Center; Matt Canuteson, 6/11/2015   Having […]

Jointly with OASAS, OMH and SDOH, NYC DOHMH is holding our second summer forum in NYC to explain upcoming changes […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: First-person accounts of experiences of psychosis, and not just personal stories of recovery, could be influential in changing […]

Social Media Is Changing How College Students Deal With Mental Health, For Better Or Worse Huffington Post; Riley Griffin, 7/21/2015 […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Appoints Tanya Stevens as Deputy Director, Seeks CFO, Policy Director and Managed Care Projects Manager   Fast changing times […]

Join SAMHSA in Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act SAMHSA; Paolo del Vecchio, 7/20/2015   REGISTER for SAMHSA’s July […]

Teen Bipolar Disorder and the Abnormal Brain: Making Sense of New Research Mad in America; Claudia Gold, MD, 7/21/2015   […]

Health Affairs Blog; Housing is a Prescription for Better Health CHCS; Kathy Moses and Rachel Davis, 7/22/2015   Effectively managing […]

New Report Calls for Enhanced Wages, Training for Health Home/DSRIP Care Coordinators   1199 SEIU and the Primary Care Development […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: We’re only 2 months away from this year’s ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Annual Conference! Check out this year’s extraordinary lineup at […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: This week marks an extraordinary moment for Americans with disabilities, their families and supporters: the 25th year since […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Americans with mental health conditions remain one of the few often discriminated groups who have yet to have […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Appoints Tanya Stevens as Deputy Director, Seeks CFO, Policy Director and Managed Care Projects Manager   Good afternoon E […]

Psychiatry’s Identity Crisis ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Times; Richard A. Friedman, 7/17/2015   American psychiatry is facing a quandary: Despite a vast […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: As program outcomes and demonstrating value becomes more important in NY and beyond, the peer community must understand […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: We were pleased last week when many of our readers commented on the article I sent related to […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: The transcript of Johann Hari’s impassioned TED Talk below highlights the severity of trauma as a predictive factor […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: The below article takes on some of the most contentious notions of the recovery movement. How much does […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is very pleased to post the program and activity schedule for our annual fall conference, entitled “Recovery […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: The President’s position has yet to take on issues like solitary confinement, mistreatment of people with psychiatric diagnoses, […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: As ‘peer specialist’ becomes a household term in NY healthcare, it’s important for our advocacy network to understand […]

Dear Medicaid Provider,   The Office of Health Insurance Programs of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ State Department of Health has approved […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: Did you join Lauren Spiro this year in a dialogue to increase intra- and interpersonal communication? Learn more […]

Report: Mental Health Resources Inadequate Across the Globe U.S. News; Kimberly Leonard, 7/14/2015 Reports in recent months have pointed out a lack […]

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Note: In recent days we’ve distributed several reports highlighting recent studies that demonstrate the disastrous outcomes that can occur […]