Sunday, November 10, 2013

New NAMI Needed: National Alliance on SERIOUS Mental Illness (NASMI)

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I think there needs to be a National Membership Org that focuses exclusively on Serious Mental Illness including important politically incor...
Friday, November 8, 2013

Obama Mental Illness Parity Regulations Fail to Help the Most Seriously Mentally ill

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The Obama administration announced new regulations requiring private insurers to do what the federal government wont: provide health care c...
Saturday, November 2, 2013

NYC Mental Health Dept. must Prioritize Serious Mental Illness Rather than Mental Health

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Testimony by DJ Jaffe,  to NYC Dept of Health and Mental Health Nov. 1, 2013 My name is DJ Jaffe. I am Executive Dire...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Julius Graham, and Riverside Park Stabbings

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Ray Kelly says the person Julius Graham, the homeless man who allegedly stabbed multiple individuals in Manhattan today (10/1/13) appears to...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Mental Health First Aid Unproven & Should Not Be Funded

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Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) lacks sufficient proof it helps people with serious mental illness.  The venders of the program and those w...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

Rep. Tim Murphy Announces Important Mental Health Legislation

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This is big news. Rep Tim Murphy (R. PA) is a former child psychologist, and head of the Mental "Health" Caucus. In spite of th...
Monday, September 2, 2013

Tell Governor Brown to Sign SB 585 to allow MHSA Funds for Laura's Law

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( Updated 9/3/13) Urgent: Contact Governor Jerry Brown immediately (Sept. 2013) and URGE HIM TO SIGN SB 585 which will help clarify th...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

California's Prop 63/Mental Health Services Act Fails Seriously Mentally Ill

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In 2004, Californians altruistically passed a 1% tax on millionaires specifically to fund services for people with serious mental illness. A...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Two new studies should lead to widespread use of Laura’s Law in California

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Two new studies (including one reported in the New York Times ) should lead to widespread adoption of Laura’s Law in California...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Two Studies Should Lead to Radical Change in Mental Illness Treatment

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The first study was conducted in Australia and found    individuals with schizophrenia – even those who do not have substance abuse problem...

Assisted Outpatient Treatment for Seriously Mentally Ill Cuts Costs in Half

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According to a just released study in the July 30, 2013, American Journal of Psychiatry , mandating Assisted Outpatient Treatment ( AOT ) fo...
Monday, June 24, 2013

Anti Stigma Effort Fortunately Fails in New York State

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We are happy to report that the effort to get a donation check-off put on NYS Tax forms (A5953) to encourage people to make a donation to ...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Darrell Steinberg's CA Bill Dangerous to Families of Mentally ill, Mentally Ill, and Public

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Imagine if someone who wanted to call 911 to report a crime in progress had to give their name and know that it would be provided to the cri...
Sunday, June 2, 2013

Obama's Mental Health Conference: Irrelevant at Best and Likely Harmful

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President Obama and Vice President Biden are gathering the usual suspects for a mental health conference today focused on ' stigma '...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

Representative Tim Murphy Calls out SAMHSA For Failure to Help Seriously Mentally Ill

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Opening Statement of the Honorable Tim Murphy Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing on “Examining SAMHSA’s Role in Delivering...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Testimony: SAMHSA FAILS TO HELP SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL

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Mental Illness Policy Org has written on problems at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA) .  The Energy and Comme...

Joe Bruce Testimony to Congress: My Mentally Ill Son Killed my Wife:

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Late one afternoon in June 2006, Joe Bruce of Caratunk, Maine, came home from work to find his wife dead. He called 911 and told the dispatc...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Darrel Steinberg pseudo-support for Laura's Law

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( Updated 9/3/13) Urgent: Contact Governor Jerry Brown immediately (Sept. 2013) and urge him to sign SB 585 which will help clarify tha...
Monday, May 6, 2013

How to Fix New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)

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Testimony of DJ Jaffe, Executive Director, Mental Illness Policy Org to NYS Office of Mental Health   May 3, 2...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Mental Illness Awareness and Improvement Act (S-689) Not Written To Help Mentally Ill

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Mental Illness Awareness and Improvement Act (S 689) may go to Senate this week. It will increase funding for "Mental Health First Aid...
Monday, April 15, 2013

My Mentally Ill Son versus Your Son With Another Type of Illness

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Laura Pogliano, a mother and advocate in Maryland wrote on the difference between her experience of having a child with serious ...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

4 New Laura's Law/MHSA Bills Could Help Mentally Ill in California

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Bills Clarify MHSA Funds Can Be Used For Laura's Law and Make Other Improvements Following is our preliminary analysis of the four Ca...
Friday, February 1, 2013

Ed Koch, Billie Boggs, and Mental Illness

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In the 1980s, when Ed Koch was mayor, the streets of New York were full of homeless psychotic mentally individuals who had been abandoned b...
Thursday, January 31, 2013

Crowd Source Better Care for Mentally Ill in California

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We are going to improve care for persons with serious mental illness in California by crowd-sourcing the hunt for waste and frau...
Sunday, January 27, 2013

Are mentally ill more likely to be victims or perpetrators (and does it matter)?

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Whenever there is "Psychotic Killer on Rampage" headline, some mental health advocates claim persons with mental illness are more ...