黑料不打烊 Note: Controlling costs and achieving health care quality improvements requires the participation of activated and informed consumers. Join us […]
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McCray Announces New City Funding for Mental Health
黑料不打烊 Note: The support from NYC鈥檚 first lady will mean media and public attention to mental health issues in the […]
Broad Agreement, and Big Questions, on Value-Based Payments
黑料不打烊 Note: Below is an article that thoroughly reviews the complexities of moving toward a system that rewards positive health […]
MH Crisis Teams to Help Stabilize At-Risk Youth
黑料不打烊 Note: Mobile crisis teams for youth in Connecticut demonstrate how concerted efforts by policymakers to target early intervention and […]
黑料不打烊 is EXTENDING the Deadline for the Call for Presentations for 2015 Annual Conference
黑料不打烊 Note: The Conference Committee has extended the deadline for receipt of the Call for Presentations to May 12, 2015. […]
As States Expand Medicaid, Unpaid Hospital Bills Disappear
黑料不打烊 Note: Evidence of declining uncompensated care and multi-year savings may contribute to more states taking on Medicaid expansion, as […]
What’s Wrong With CBT For Psychosis?
黑料不打烊 Note: This (likely contentious) article reviews some of the scientific methodology around studies that indicate CBT for positive outcomes […]
BH: Peers Present the Case for Peer Support Services on Capitol Hill
黑料不打烊 Note: Thanks to Alan Doederlein, Olga Wuerz, Larry Davidson, Lisa Goodale, Tom Lane and Ron Manderscheid for their unprecedented […]
MRLC Webinars May and June! Join Us for Patient Activation and Informed Decision Making
黑料不打烊 Note: Have you stayed connected after the 黑料不打烊 Executive Seminar? Take the time to review powerpoints from the sessions […]
NPR: Why Not Start Addiction Treatment Right In ER?
Why Not Start Addiction Treatment Right In The ER? NPR; Scott Hensley, 4/29/2015 聽 When patients brought to the ER […]
Crain’s: Quantifying Payments Tied to Value in NY – “Fee for Service Still King”
黑料不打烊 Note: DOH recognizes that a five-year shift toward value-based payment in Medicaid and across other payers will be a […]
Peer Leadership in Early Intervention in Psychosis Webinar on May 27, 2015
Peer Leadership in Early Intervention in Psychosis Services: Free Webinar The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse is hosting a […]
Learning To Be With Ourselves: A Response to Understanding Psychosis
Learning To Be With Ourselves: A Response to Understanding聽Psychosis beyondmeds blog; Elisabeth Svanholmer, 4/20/2015 聽 Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing […]
AHRQ BH Integration Tools and Health Care Quality and Disparities Report
The HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Report on Health Care Quality and Disparities 聽 The U.S. Department of […]
MCTAC NPI Webinar and Readiness Assessment for NY Behavioral Health Providers
黑料不打烊 Note: Have you been staying informed by the Managed Care Technical Assistance Center? They are your main source for […]
Job Openings in NYC, Hudson Valley, Capital Region
黑料不打烊 Note: Below are five job openings recently available in the Capital Region, Hudson Valley, and NYC. Health systems transformation […]
Cuomo Meets With Activists, Lays Out Plan for Police Oversight
黑料不打烊 Note: Attention to this issue from Governor Cuomo could mean justice for families impacted by the tragedy of police […]
黑料不打烊 Releases Call for Presentations for 2015 Annual Conference (3)
黑料不打烊 Releases Call for Presentations for 2015 Annual Conference http://www.nyaprs.org/conferences/annual-conference/documents/CallAndApp2015.pdf 黑料不打烊 is very pleased to welcome proposals for our 33rd […]
Proposal Call for Hearing Voices Group Facilitation In Your Region
Proposals for Free Hearing Voices Group Facilitation & Network Development Training in Your Region are Now Welcomed! The Foundation for […]
Is Your Organization Ready For The “HCBS Era”?
黑料不打烊 Note: In this succinct guide from Monica Oss of Open Minds, she contends that the new service delivery continuum […]
In Honor of Cheryl MacNeil
In Honor of Cheryl MacNeil 聽 Like so many in the peer support community, I am deeply grieving the passing […]
黑料不打烊 Budget Report Highlights Criminal Justice Investment and Managed Care Readiness
黑料不打烊 Note: Click here for a chart that gives a look at 2015-16 budget provisions, with information related to 黑料不打烊鈥 […]
White House Drug Czar Knows Addiction Firsthand
Michael Botticelli Is a Drug Czar Who Knows Addiction Firsthand 黑料不打烊 Times; Alan Schwarz, 4/25/2015 聽 Six recovering substance […]
Laura’s Law Put on Hold in Santa Barabara Awaiting System Reform
黑料不打烊 Note: As Santa Barbara and other California counties debate 鈥淟aura鈥檚 Law鈥, their recently proposed version of AOT, or involuntary […]
House Bill Would Allow States to Lift IMD Exclusion for SUD Inpatient Treatment
黑料不打烊 Note: Congressional members Ryan, Fudge and Kaptur have introduced 鈥楾he Breaking Addiction Act鈥 that would allow the federal Health […]
黑料不打烊 Releases Call for Presentations for 2015 Annual Conference (2)
黑料不打烊 Releases Call for Presentations for 2015 Annual Conference http://www.nyaprs.org/conferences/annual-conference/documents/CallAndApp2015.pdf 黑料不打烊 is very pleased to welcome proposals for our 33rd […]
Three Years After Adding Psychiatric Services, Syracuse Uni Still Assessing How To Meet Needs
黑料不打烊 Note: Two articles this morning highlight mental health needs on college campuses, and encompass some of the primary themes […]
OM: How Do You Make Teachnology “Work” For You?
How Do You make Technology 鈥淲ork鈥 For You? Open Minds; Monica E. Oss, 4/20/2015 Developed by OPEN MINDS, 163 York […]
Fourth Student Suicide This Year at William & Mary Triggers Concern
Suicide at William & Mary, Fourth Student Death This Year, Triggers Concern Washington Post; Susan Svrluga, 4/15/2015 聽 Thursday was […]
VA Clinics Substituted MH Drugs to Save Money
黑料不打烊 Note: Substitutions for medications that aren鈥檛 on a managed care plan鈥檚 formulary happen often in private and public insurance, […]
Welcoming Home Our Veterans: Successful Reintegration into NYS – Register Today for 5/15 Seminar
黑料不打烊 Note: Join ASAP, SAMHSA, and other stakeholders in Queens on May 15 for a one-day seminar on services and […]
More Fida Opt-outs Than Opt-ins
黑料不打烊 Note: The enrollment process for specialty FIDA plans in NYC鈥攊ntegrated plans for people with dual eligibility and long term […]
SAMHSA Draft Core Competencies of Peer Workers for Public Comment
SAMHSA BRSS TACS Develops Draft Core Competencies for Peer Workers SAMHSA/ CMHS Consumer Affairs E-NewsApril 21, 2015 聽 In support […]
What We Know (And Don’t) About Predicting Suicide Risk
What We Know (And What We Don鈥檛) About Predicting Suicide Risk National Council Blog; Dr. Jane Pearson, National Institute of […]
Chronic Disease-Related Depression; Regaining Control
黑料不打烊 Note: As efforts to integrate healthcare increase, resources can be found amongst physicians and community based physical health practices […]
MHW: A Recovery Learning Collaborative Through Managed Care (2)
Pennsylvania I believe 聽 聽 HI 鈥 where did they do this?聽 Hudson River Region or in only some part […]
Best, Brightest – and Saddest?
Best, Brightest 鈥 and Saddest? 黑料不打烊 Times; Frank Bruni, 4/11/2015 聽 PALO ALTO, Calif. 鈥 I HAD heard about […]
MHW: A Recovery Learning Collaborative Through Managed Care
黑料不打烊 Note: The article below offers a good example of how managed care organizations can be positive forces for recovery-focused […]
Can We Stop A Traumatized Child From Becoming A Traumatized Adult?
Can We Stop A Traumatized Child From Becoming A Traumatized聽Adult? Forbes; Robert Pearl, M.D. 4/16/2015 Every day a child somewhere […]
ACTION: Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Reduce Criminalization! Act Now To Urge Co-Sponsorship!
黑料不打烊 Note: Please see the action alert below provided by NAMI. Contact your congressional leaders today to ask them to […]
The Science and Pseudoscience of Children’s Mental Health
黑料不打烊 Note: The excellent article below nuances the binary trap of most arguments around children鈥檚 mental health, and instills optimism […]
Ohio’s Prisons Hold 10 Times as Many With a Diagnosis as Psychiatric Hospitals
黑料不打烊 Note: The Ohio prison system is experiencing the same stress of individuals needing specialized mental health treatment as other […]
How Poor Sleep Might Shape MH Later In Life
黑料不打烊 Note: An article we shared last week highlighted studies that indicated how ensuring that veterans are achieving adequate sleep […]
黑料不打烊 Releases Call for Presentations for 2015 Annual Conference
黑料不打烊 Releases Call for Presentations for 2015 Annual Conference http://www.nyaprs.org/conferences/annual-conference/documents/CallAndApp2015.pdf 黑料不打烊 is very pleased to welcome proposals for our 33rd […]
MRLC Webinars April-May and June! Join Us
黑料不打烊 Note: I hope that most of you were with us at the Executive Seminar this week in Albany. There […]
MCTAC Provider Identification Number Webinar
黑料不打烊 Note: MCTAC will offer the webinar advertised below that is particularly beneficial for HCBS provider new to Medicaid. Learn […]
Substance Abuse Reported by 1 in 10 American Workers
Substance Abuse Reported by About 1 in 10 American Workers HealthDay; Robert Preidt, 4/16/2015 聽 Nearly one in 10 full-time […]
MH First Aid Funded By Bipartisan House Bill as it Joins Senate Legislation
Bipartisan House Bill Joins Senate Legislation to Fund Mental Health First Aid National Council, Press Release; 4/16/2015 聽 Congresswomen Lynn […]
CBT For Recovery From RECOVER-e Works
黑料不打烊 Note: Thank you to RECOVER-e Works and their April, 2015 newsletter authors for the two excellent articles below on […]
Scientists Investigate Ayahuasca As Treatment For Depression
黑料不打烊 Note: Many pharmaceuticals were created by exploring natural plant resources and formulating combinations of compounds occurring naturally. After experiments […]
RTP: Shared Decision Making in Behavioral Health
Shared Decision Making in Behavioral Health Recovery to Practice Newsletter, Issue 2 April 2015; Elizabeth Whitney, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W, Senior Program […]
Mayor’s Plan To Shrink Rikers Population: Tackle Court Delays
黑料不打烊 Note: This NYC strategy to reduce the population in NY鈥檚 largest jail system will impact individuals with mental health […]
The Psychiatric Ward Taught Me It Can Be OK to Laugh About Mental Illness
The Psychiatric Ward Taught Me It Can Be OK to Laugh About Mental Illness The Guardian; Marc Burrows, 4/13/2015 聽 […]
Treating Sleep Problems In The Military Could Reduce PTSD
黑料不打烊 Note: Not only is this an important research topic for PTSD and depression among service members, but sleep is […]
Breaking News From Executive Seminar!
黑料不打烊 Note: The NYS Office of Mental Health has offered some breaking news relative to the implementation of Medicaid Managed […]
Soccer Mom’s Secret Heroin Addiction
黑料不打烊 Note: The drug epidemic in this country has shifted norms. It鈥檚 not a new phenomenon, but it is overwhelming […]
NYT: Successful and Schizophrenic
黑料不打烊 Note: For many of us with a prognosis like the one offered below, overcoming other鈥檚 ideas about what success […]
Race Differences in Rural Life and Depression?
黑料不打烊 Note: The information presented below related to a study reveals changes in current conceptions of race , geography, and […]
Call for Presentations for 黑料不打烊 2015 Annual Conference
黑料不打烊 Releases Call for Presentations for 2015 Annual Conference http://www.nyaprs.org/conferences/annual-conference/documents/CallAndApp2015.pdf 聽 黑料不打烊 is very pleased to welcome proposals for our […]
Housing Adovcate: NY Budget A Start, But Not Enough
黑料不打烊 Note: 黑料不打烊 looks forward to continued advocacy on the issue of supportive housing, which greatly impacts our community members […]
CSPNJ: Assessment of Smoking Culture for Peer Support Settings
黑料不打烊 Note: The following comes to us from our friends at CSPNJ, whose recent wellness conference highlighted how collaborative relationships […]
Accountable Care Has Potential to Improve Care and Reduce Costs, NY Leaders with Early Experience Say
黑料不打烊 Note: The findings of the report(s) mentioned below indicate experiences in shared savings models, which could be similar to […]
7 Questions With Muslim MH Professional Kameelah Rashad
7 Questions With Muslim Mental Health Professional Kameelah Rashad Huffington Post; Antonia Blumberg, 4/9/2015 聽 Many of the students Kameelah […]
For Inmates With a Diagnosis, a Cycle of Jail and Hospitals
For Mentally Ill Inmates, a Cycle of Jail and Hospitals 黑料不打烊 Times; Michael Winerip and Michael Schwirtz, 4/10/2015 聽 […]
The New Metrics…and Value Based Payments: What Lies Ahead
The New Metrics…and Value Based Payments: What Lies Ahead聽 Learn more at聽黑料不打烊’ Executive Seminar! 聽聽Call Us to Register Today! Only […]
Recovery in the Hospital: Hutchings Symposium 4/29
黑料不打烊 Note: Join Hutchings Psychiatric Center staff and community members as they bring the focus of recovery into institutional care. […]
MIA: The Risk Society and the Germanwings Tragedy: Stigma on Both Sides of the Psychiatry Wars
The Risk Society and the Germanwings Tragedy: Stigma on Both Sides of the Psychiatry Wars Mad in America; Timothy Kelly, […]
NYPD Detectives Use Crisis Communication Skills To Help Save Woman on Bridge
黑料不打烊 Note: Amidst all of the recent deplorable incidents involving police officers and members of our and other minority communities, […]
HP: This Is What Sugar Does To Your Brain
黑料不打烊 Note: Most of us know that what we eat impacts our overall health and our ability to maintain positive […]
OMH Webinar: Understanding Health And Recovery Plans (HARPs)
黑料不打烊 Note: Join OMH on 4/21 for an important information session geared to peers, consumers, and community mental health practitioners. […]
Crain’s: Defining Health Care Jobs, Remaking NY’s Workforce
黑料不打烊 Note: Much has been speculated about workforce development in light of Medicaid reforms in NY, but one thing that […]
MHW: Criminal Justice Takes Center Stage in NY State Budget
黑料不打烊 Note: The advocacy of 黑料不打烊 and MHANYS takes a national stage as Mental Health Weekly reviews NY budget priorities […]