Sunday, January 24, 2016

Keep Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Available. Comment Online to FDA

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ACTION ALERT. KEEP ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY AVAILABLE. Comment now. It is a little difficult to explain, but the FDA has to reclassify E...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Notes on Senate HELP Committee Hearing on Mental Illness

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Following are raw, unproofed contemporaneous notes about the Senate Hearing that took place 1/20/16. It was one hour and you can watch the t...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

On the death of Ted Stanley, giant psychiatric research philanthropist (Stanley Medical Research Inst. Statement)

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The Death of a Research Giant             The death of Ted Stanley on January 4 deprives the psychiatric research field of a philanthro...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016

Conf Call: How to Prevent Police from Harming/Arresting Mentally Ill

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You're Invited "How to Prevent Police from Harming/Arresting Mentally Ill"  Thursday, Jan 7 at 7PM EASTERN standard time ...
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

NEW DATE: 12/14 9PM EST, Conf. call on Psychiatric Parole with Dr. Stephen Seager

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RESCHEDULED: Monday, December 14 9PM Eastern Standard Time  Mental Illness Policy Org invites you to a conference call with Dr. Stephen B...
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Thursday, November 12, 2015

DeBlasio Mental Health White Paper Ignores Serious Mental Illness

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The new white paper on mental health issued by the De Blasio administration November 12, 2015, shows it intends to continue the policy of i...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Call Rep. Fred Upton at 202 225 3761 & urge him to pass HR2646

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We need everyone to contact Representative Fred Upton , Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and urge him to bring a strong ...
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Monday, September 28, 2015

New Report: $4 to $8 billion of mental health funds lost to fraud, waste, and excess profits

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Unbiased Information For Policymakers + Media 50 East 129 St., PH7 New York, NY 10035 office@mentalillnesspolicy.org mentalillnesspol...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Join Dr. E. Fuller Torrey Teleconference October 6, 7PM EST.

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SAVE THE DATE: October 6 at 7pm EST.  DJ Jaffe, Executive Director of  Mental Illness Policy Org  is hosting a conference call Tuesday O...
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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Mental Illness Policy Org statement on James Holmes Colorado Verdict

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Jurors could have found James Holmes "innocent,"  "not guilty by reason of insanity" or "guilty". None work. ...
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Thursday, June 11, 2015

ANALYSES HELPING FAMILIES IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS ACT 2015 HR 2646

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On June 4, 2015, Rep. Tim Murphy (R. PA) and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D. TX) introduced the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act ...
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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Ask your state mental health director to apply for these federal funds to expand Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT)

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(June/July 2015) Thanks to Rep. Tim Murphy, there is new federal funding available that can be used to expand access to assisted outpatie...