Wednesday, April 30, 2014

If You Don't Ask Your US Rep to Cosponsor Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, You are Part of Problem.

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Call your US Rep to ask them to co-sponsor HR-3717, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act for the 6 reasons below: Background ...
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Monday, April 14, 2014

Does Assisted Outpatient Treatment Violate Civil Liberties

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Does Assisted Outpatient Treatment violate civil liberties of persons with mental illness?   Courts say no, and courts are the arbiters . C...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Assisted Outpatient Treatment Pilot Program Grants Passed by Congress

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On Monday, March 31, 2014, the Senate passed H.R.4302 which  included $60 million for Assisted Outpatient Treatment Pilot Programs. Follow...
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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Treatment of violent mentally ill lowers rates of reoffending. New Study

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Important new study: Researchers followed violent offenders (sentenced to 2 years or more) for an average of 10 months following their relea...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Is Assisted Outpatient Treatment (Laura's Law, Kendra's Law) "Forced Treatment"?

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Someone suggested Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) is "Forced" Treatment (and therefore presumably bad). 1. Describing AOT as...
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Monday, February 24, 2014

Affordable Care Act/ACA Fails Seriously Mentally Ill

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Many 'mental health' advocates claim that the Affordable Care Act (ACA, a/k/a "Obamacare") combined with "mental heal...
Sunday, February 23, 2014

What is serious mental illness in adults and what is not?

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Serious mental illnesses are a small subset of the 300 mental illnesses that are in DSM. While it is fair to debate where the line between s...
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Friday, February 21, 2014

Please send letter in Support of Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act

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If you are part of any organization (state or local NAMI, MHA, Prison Reform, Consumer Group, etc) that wants to help persons with serious m...
Friday, December 20, 2013

Darrell Steinberg asks Californians to pay twice for same program. Fails Mentally Ill

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On December 19, California Senate President pro Tem Darrell  Steinberg asked for more money for Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grants...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Here's what's in the new "Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis" Act

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(Left-Representatives Leonard Lance of New Jersey,  Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a medical doctor, and Congressman Tim Murphy (...
Sunday, December 1, 2013

Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Lacks Independent Verification and is not Evidence Based

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WRAP labeled as 'evidence based' by SAMHSA.  But is it? When we ask “is a program evidence-based’, at Mental Illness Policy Org...
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 '...