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���ϲ����� Note: At a time when peer support has become a term used to symbolize progress and recovery within a […]

���ϲ����� Note: The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, initiated by President Obama last year, is to strategically assess, incentivize, and […]

States Gear Up To Help Medicaid Enrollees Beat Addictions Huffington Post from Pew’s Stateline; Christine Vestal, 1/13/2015������������ �� Under the […]

���ϲ����� Note: Take this opportunity to meet and offer feedback to Dr. Gary Belkin, Executive Deputy Commissioner of DOHMH in […]

Rikers to Ban Isolation for Inmates 21 and Younger ���ϲ����� Times; Michael Winerip and Michael Schwirtz, 1/13/2015 �� New […]

Children Eligible for Expanded Medicaid Contribute More in Taxes as Adults PhysOrg; Yale University Press, 1/12/2015 �� A new study […]

���ϲ����� Note: This webinar would not only be useful for those agencies applying for SAMHSA’s integrated care grants, but for […]

House Again Passes Veterans Suicide Prevention Bill Military Times; Leo Shane III, 1/12/2015 �� For the second time in five […]

Gov. Cuomo to Combine State of State Address and Budget Presentation: Source BY Ken Lovett�� ���ϲ����� Daily News Monday, […]

The Downside Of Treating Mental Illness Like A Physical Problem The Huffington Post; Lindsay Holmes, 12/1/2014 �� One of the […]

���ϲ����� Note: The NYS Office of Mental Health and a group of passionate advocates resolved a longstanding disagreement last month […]

���ϲ����� Note: Behind the central arguments in this article rests concerns about the real lack of capacity to serve veteran’s […]

���ϲ����� Note: We are pleased to off another session in our ongoing Webinar series designed to help you prepare and […]

���ϲ����� Note: Once again, ���ϲ�����’ Annual Executive Seminar will bring together state and national experts and government officials, consumer advocates, […]

���ϲ����� Note: Once again, ���ϲ�����’ Annual Executive Seminar will bring together state and national experts and government officials, consumer advocates, […]

An adjustment in the timeline for NY’s implementation of integrated managed Health and Recovery Plans (per CMS approval): beneficiaries will […]

���ϲ����� Note: Some of the brightest leaders in behavioral health policy, program, and innovation weigh in from across the country […]

���ϲ����� Note: As health strategists and large provider systems continue to search for ways to keep people out of hospitals […]

���ϲ����� Note: Value-based payment models are not an easy, quick fix to the systemic problems in our health care system. […]

���ϲ����� Note: Open Minds recently joined us and MCTAC for a timely and informative conference in Saratoga, bridging anticipated topics […]

���ϲ����� Note: Below, the Bazelon Center highlights the tragic repeated arrest and incarceration of a young man with disabilities. You […]

���ϲ����� Note: Behavioral economics studies indicate that typical assumptions about informing and rewarding healthy behavior does not actually yield sustained […]

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���ϲ����� Note: These public meetings are an opportunity for stakeholders to be a part of the process to approve and […]

���ϲ����� Note: Governor Cuomo’s second term agenda is primed with socioeconomic issues that are on the ���ϲ�����’ 2015 legislative agenda. […]

���ϲ����� Note: See below for two employment opportunities in NYC for people wanting to work in a peer-informed environment. �� […]

���ϲ����� Note: We are pleased to off another session in our ongoing Webinar series designed to help you prepare and […]

���ϲ����� Note: As many of us are making New Year’s resolutions this week, it’s valuable to recognize that professional resolutions […]

���ϲ����� Note: Several community members have recently asked me about how to fund yoga for people on public health insurance […]

���ϲ����� Note: A typically thoughtful piece on today’s Behavioral Healthcare by our friend Ron Manderscheid whose view of key issues […]

���ϲ����� Note: While post discharge follow up, improvements in diabetes and cardiovascular care and increased and informed use of desired […]

�� Advancing access, quality, and cost-effectiveness in publicly financed health care. �� �� �� �� �� December 22, 2014 �� […]

���ϲ����� Note: See newly released overview of the Open Dialogue approach at http://umassmed.edu/Global/Psychiatry/Open%20Dialogue/KeyElementsV1.109022014.pdf. �� Preparing the Open Dialogue Approach for […]

���ϲ����� Note: Please note that capability statements for this grant need to be submitted by February 2. �� �� �� […]

���ϲ����� Note: The following comes from the National Council’s Larry Fricks. Whole Health Action Management — a new science-based program […]

���ϲ����� Note: The following comes courtesy of NYSPI’s Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence, who writes “Congress recently passed the […]

���ϲ����� Note: As you rest and restore this holiday season, remember that the benefits of sleep for your mental health, […]

���ϲ����� Note: Follow the links below for the helpful and much-discussed webinars regarding the integration of peer staff in the […]

�� The ���ϲ����� Board and Staff �� wish you and your family a very warm, joyous and peaceful Holiday Season. […]

���ϲ����� Note: We’ve highlighted several articles in the past year about Alaskan healthcare, specifically around suicide prevention, isolation, unemployment, and […]

���ϲ����� Note: Join the conversation with the STAR Center this afternoon to learn how trauma-informed communities and personal practice can […]

���ϲ����� Note: Review the “Dear Colleague” letter linked below to learn more about the home care rule as it pertains […]

���ϲ����� Note: This shift comes amidst a number of progressive decisions outlined by the Governor this week, most that were […]

This is How Twitter Uncovers Mental Illness Trends Tech Times; Robin Burks, 12/9/2014 �� Twitter is proving itself as a […]

���ϲ����� Note: Yesterday, at the ���ϲ����� Newburgh Regional Forum, Orange County Mental Health and Social Services Commissioner Darcie Miller discussed […]

���ϲ����� Note: Last week at the MCTAC-Open Minds-���ϲ����� conference in Saratoga, several discussions revolved around the need for adopting technology […]

Director of the Apogee Recovery Center The Apogee Center is a nonprofit organization in Hudson, ���ϲ�����, helping individuals within […]

���ϲ����� Note: Here’s a piece by former NYS Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah that, while it was published a year […]

NYS Gun Law Renews Concerns Among Advocacy Community Mental Health Weekly ��December 15, 2014 �� As new numbers roll in […]

Op-Talk | Can Psychiatrists Stop Gun Violence? By Anna North�� ���ϲ����� Times�� December 16, 2014 �� Soon after the […]

���ϲ����� Note: This comes courtesy of the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery’s Leah Harris. �� Mental Illness Is Unfairly […]

�� �� Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) Funding Opportunity 2015 Peer Health Reform Education […]

���ϲ����� Note: This comes to us courtesy of Ron Manderscheid. Health Insurance and Mental Health Services Q: How does the […]

Some States Retreat on Mental Health Funding By Michael Ollove Stateline�� December 15, 2014 �� Fewer states increased their spending […]

���ϲ����� Note: Check out the National Council’s BHbusiness Plus, a SAMHSA funded initiative that provides no cost assistance to behavioral […]

���ϲ����� Note: The following comes courtesy of Peggy Swarbrick. �� Factors Associated with Co-Occurring Medical Conditions Among Adults With Serious […]

The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse is sponsoring a 90-minute webinar on Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) on Thursday, December […]

���ϲ����� Note: NYS mental health nonprofits are reacting in a variety of ways to the growing challenges and opportunities and […]

���ϲ����� Note: Don’t forget! Join us in Saranac Lake for a regional forum next Monday, 11AM-2PM. Find your north-country regional […]

House Passes Suicide Prevention Bill, Senate Awaits Navy Times; Leo Shane, 12/9/2014 �� The House on Tuesday passed sweeping veterans […]

A Mental Health Manifesto: Five Things That Need to Change The Guardian; Emma Howard and Andy Bell, 12/10/2014 �� In […]

���ϲ����� Note: This morning as we listen to Monica Oss at the ���ϲ����� – Open Minds – MCTAC event in […]

���ϲ����� Note: Former comedian Paul Gilmartin has built a devoted following for��The Mental-Illness Happy Hour, which tackles everything from incest […]

Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser. Upcoming Webinar on Suicide Care Safety Planning & Means Reduction […]

���ϲ����� Note: Thanks to CSH for synthesizing this information regarding the new supportive housing pilot projects awarded statewide. Housing continues […]

���ϲ����� Note: The APA notes that over a decade after national measures indicated vast disparities in the way ethnic minorities […]

���ϲ����� Note: ���ϲ�����’s SAFE Act requires clinicians to report to county mental health directors the names of individuals with […]

Homeless Children Spike Calls Attention to MH Needs, Systems Working Together Mental Health Weekly; Vol 24 Num 45, 11/24/2014 �� […]