Monday, April 30, 2012

Three Reasons I Won't Celebrate Mental Illness Awareness Week

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1. MIAW is based on the false premise that there is stigma to having a mental illness. This first full week in Week in May is being celebr...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Laura's Law could save California's mentally ill and keep public safer

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The murder of 61-year-old Earlene Grove by her mentally ill daughter Sunni Jackson, in Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo most likely wouldn’t hav...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Assemblyman Felix Ortiz puts police, public and mentally ill at risk

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A version of this appeared in NY Daily News on April 18. Yesterday, the mother of Terrence Hale called New York’s Finest about her mentall...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Connecticut tries to help treatment providers hear from parents of people with mental illness

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A big problem that people with serious mental illness have in getting the best possible care, is the treatment providers rarely have complet...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Statement on Kingsboro Psychiatric Hospital Not Closing

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The provision that would have closed Kingsboro Psychiatric Hospital in Brooklyn was removed from the New York State budget, meaning the hosp...
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Monday, March 26, 2012

Department of Justice Certifies Crime Prevention Program for People with Serious Mental Illness

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Today the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs certified Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) as an Effective Crime Preven...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Recent Trends in Mental Illness

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Trend: More psychiatric hospitals close. Local NAMIs start to fight back. The trend towards closing state psychiatric hospitals in spite o...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Closing New York State Psychiatric Hospitals is Cruel & Dangerous

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Michael Hogan, Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health recently announced the proposed closure of Kingsboro Psychiatric H...
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California Mental Health Services Act Fails to Focus on Serious Mental Illness

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The chair of the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC) wrote an  op-ed in Capital Weekly  criti...
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

SAMHSA vote: Assisted Outpatient Treatment one of Most Important Advances

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA) periodically conducts an unscientific online poll of it’s constituency. The m...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Mental Illness Policy Org: Stop NYS Psychiatric Hospital Closures

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Mental Illness Policy Org: Stop NYS Psychiatric Hospital Closures : Stop NYS Psychiatric Hospitals (The following Mental Illness Policy Org...
Monday, February 27, 2012

Stop NYS Psychiatric Hospital Closures

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Stop NYS Psychiatric Hospitals (The following Mental Illness Policy Org. op-ed appeared in 2/23/12 NY Daily News and is available at http:/...
Sunday, February 5, 2012

Jan/Feb. Update

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National News SAMHSA estimated the number of mentally ill as  1 in 5,   but an analysis by Mental Illness Policy Org. found out the report...