ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Visit www.changedirection.org to learn more about the national campaign, supported by SAMHSA and First Lady Michelle Obama, to […]
eNews Bulletin Updates
CNY: Advocates Seek CIT Funding, Presumptive Medicaid Eligibility
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: As NYS officials launched an 8 county + ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog City Crisis Intervention Training initiative yesterday in Albany […]
NYS Employment First Commission Releases Report and Recommendations
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: In October, 2014, Governor Cuomo established a Commission to create an Employment First policy in NY. The Commission […]
Register Today for the 11th Annual ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Spring Event! Exec Seminar Program Details Online
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Have you seen the lineup? ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog is pleased to provide full program details for our upcoming 11th Annual […]
SAMHSA’s New Report Tracks BH of America
SAMHSA’s New Report Tracks the Behavioral Health of America SAMHSA Press Release; 1/26/2015  A new report from the Substance […]
Diet May Be As Important to Mental As to Physical Health
Diet May Be As Important To Mental Health As It Is To Physical Health Huffington Post; Carolyn Gregoire, 2/24/2015 Â […]
JDF: FEGS Sent Millions To For-Profit Tech Subsidiary
Why Did Failed Charity Send Millions To For-Profit Tech Subsidiary? Doomed Jewish Charity FEGS Stripped Itself of Crucial Cash by Josh […]
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Join Efforts for 1/4 of New $1.4 Billion Capital Funds
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog has joined with our friends at CHCANYS and ASAP (see below) to advocate that $350 million of this year’s […]
CHP: The Challenge of Moving to Scale So Quickly
Health Reform: ‘The Challenge of Moving to Scale So Quickly’ Crain’s Health Pulse March 6, 2015  As the New […]
Open Minds Joins Critics of Asylum Proposal
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Open Minds’ experts join the recovery and rights communities in opposing the view that we should ‘bring back […]
Out of Detention: How to Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The article below offers devastating but excellent details and statistics of how mental health programs in schools and […]
MIA: Peer Respites Hold Promise for Reducing System Reliance on Institutions
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: As NY and other states look to crisis respites as possible ways to reduce hospital admissions and divert […]
MH and College Campuses: Withdrawal and Readmission, Stigma, and Suicide
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The article below looks into the withdrawal and readmission policies impacting stigma, access to treatment, and rates of […]
ACA On the Line at SCOTUS
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The Affordable Care Act is on the line, as arguments are delivered this morning to the Supreme Court […]
Guidelines Established for Young Athletes With MH Issues
New Guidelines Established for Young Athletes Who Face Mental Health Issues USA Today; Gary Mihoces, 3/2/2015Â Â Concussions now command […]
Crain’s: No Housing is Affordable Without a Job
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: In a city like NYC, the balance between affordable housing and low-wage jobs can hinge on how well […]
Housing is Key to Recovery Say ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog MH Advocates
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog advocates were out in great effect last week as we took to the Capitol to rally and […]
SAMHSA: Shared Decision Making is First Fridays with BRSS TACS – 3/6/2015
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Don’t miss an opportunity this Friday to learn about Shared Decision Making, courtesy of SAMHSA’s First Fridays. Register […]
NYT: Psychiatric Drug Overuse Cited by Federal Study
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: In a NYS Assembly Health Committee hearing last week on the use of antipsychotic medication in nursing homes, […]
MHW: Advocacy Outcry Over Times Op-Ed Touting Return To Institutions
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Several weeks ago, recovery advocates launched a furious counter campaign against a recent Times Op Ed’s view that […]
Executive Seminar Program Details Online: Register Today for the 11th Annual ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Spring Event!
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Have you seen the lineup? ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog is pleased to provide full program details for our upcoming 11th Annual […]
NYS: HCBS Services get DSRIP Safety Net Status
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: This note came last Friday from the NYS Health Department. NYS Home and Community Based Service (HCBS) providers […]
TED: Childhood Trauma and Health Across a Lifetime, and the Public Health Response Necessary
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris offers a ‘TED Talk’ about childhood trauma that reflects on the science of Adverse […]
CNY: NY Medicaid Awaits Deal with Feds – The Quiet Healthcare Funding Challenge
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The longstanding dynamic between NYS and Washington’s CMS ultimately impacts not only the access to services in low-income […]
MHW: Recovery Now! Campaign Aims to Steer Recovery into National MH Conversation
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The goal of the Recovery Now! network is to promote best practices that lead to and support recovery. […]
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog NYS Legislative Budget Hearing Testimony
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Here’s a copy of the testimony that ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog’ Public Policy Director Briana Gilmore just delivered so very well, […]
Gov Cuomo Announces Combat Heroin, Prescription Abuse Awareness Campaign
Governor Cuomo Announces Next Phase of Statewide Combat Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Campaign ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog State; 2/17/2015  […]
HP: Dying to be Free; Chronicling Heroin Addiction and Treatment in the US
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The story below captures two chapters of a lengthy project from Huffington Post chronicling the story of how […]
Housing, Criminal Justice Issues Top ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog 2015 Agenda
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The following ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog news release that featured comments from our Board members offers a companion to today’s e-news […]
AP: NY Mental Health Advocates Say More Housing Is Needed
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Yesterday, Albany turned green as almost 700 ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog-led mental health advocates donning green hats nearly filled the Egg’s […]
NYC’s Chirlane McCray: How We Will Shatter the Stigma of Mental Illness
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: As NYC First Lady increasingly becomes a champion for mental health community members, she promotes solutions to complex […]
Executive Seminar Program Details Online: Register Today for the 11th Annual ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Spring Event! (2)
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Have you seen the lineup? ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog is pleased to provide full program details for our upcoming 11th Annual […]
Over 700 Expected at Tomorrow’s ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Legislative Day; Correction on Prescriber Prevails
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Over 700 dedicated mental health system and self-advocates are coming to Albany tomorrow to brave cold conditions along […]
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Hiring in Peer Service Division
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog is hiring! Please see below for three open positions in our peer service division and apply via […]
OMH: Preventing Restraint and Seclusion – Website to Promote Positive Therapeutic Environments
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: NYS OMH has just released a website dedicated to preventing the use of restraint and seclusion in facilities. […]
MIA: We Must Do Better than Forced Treatment – Letter to the Mother of a “Schizophrenic”
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Particularly in light of the Bazelon Center’s plea to respond to the NY Times op-ed supporting a return […]
Passion will Warm Albany This Week! Housing, Criminal Justice Issues Top ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog’ 2015 Advocacy (2)
Yes, thank you Steve. We removed it in the materials but missed it on the agenda. We will make a […]
Salzar: Beware Return to “Asylums”
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Below, the voice of powerful advocates offers an alternative view to the call for a return to psychiatric […]
Sample Letter: Fight Back Against Regressive Media Coverage!
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Please take action today! Here’s a letter that our Recovery Now coalition sent last week. I’ll be in […]
Passion will Warm Albany This Week! Housing, Criminal Justice Issues Top ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog’ 2015 Advocacy
In the midst of winter, advocates from across the state are gearing up to come to Albany once again to […]
Alert: Fight Back Against Regressive Media Coverage!
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: These are indeed very challenging times as articles have appeared in the last few weeks in both the […]
Program Details Now Available for ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Executive Seminar! (3)
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog is very pleased to provide full program details for our upcoming 11th Annual Executive Seminar on Systems Transformation, Tuesday […]
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Releases Finalized Legislative Day Materials
Advocates from across the state are gearing up to come to Albany once again to participate in ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog’ Annual Legislative […]
JW: Transition of FEGS Programs Moving Quickly
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The following piece provides some update as to what will happen to the programs that FEGS, one of […]
Harvard PH Review: Murphy Bill Strips Rights Rather than Improves Care
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The following recently published article in the Harvard Public Health Review evaluates legislation proposed last year by Rep. […]
SAMHSA Releases 5 Point Plan to Improve the Nation’s Mental Health
Five Point Plan to Improve the Nation’s Mental Health By: Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration […]
NYT: Newtown Panel Recommends Prevention, Not Outpatient Commitment
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The conclusions in the long-awaited report from the Connecticut state commission offering recommendations in the wake of the […]
1 Week to ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Albany Legislative Day: Agenda, Schedule, Buses that Need Advocates
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: In just one week, over 600 mental health self and system advocates will once again come to Albany […]
Correction: Advocates Launch New Recovery Now! Campaign to Advance Recovery-Focused MH Care: Join Today!
Correction: Recovery Now!’s web link is http://www.mentalhealthrecoverynow.org. Sorry for the inconvenience.  ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Starkly missing from all of the […]
HP: Hunt Suicide Prevention Act Signed Into Law, President Obama Proclaims, “The Stigma Has to End”
President Obama Signs the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Act: ‘The Stigma Has to End…’ Huffington Post; Dorian de Wind, 2/13/2015 […]
Advocates Launch New Recovery Now! Campaign to Advance Recovery-Focused MH Care: Join Today!
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Starkly missing from all of the public debate and public policy proposals to fix our broken mental health […]
HMA Webinar: Culturally Responsive Health Care and the Federally Mandated CLAS Standards
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Health care providers, particularly in NY but certainly across the country, are managing new expectation, building relationships with […]
Vulnerability and Self-Empowerment Through Yoga
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Through the power of surrender, blogger and ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog supporter writes of transformation away from numbness and toward vulnerability […]
SAMHSA American Indian/Alaska Native Culture Card
 American Indian/Alaska Native Culture Card In 2009 SAMHSA developed the American Indian/Alaska Native Culture Card “…to provide basic information […]
Crains’: SHIN-NY is Promising, but Frustrating, Too
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The uniform state health information sharing program rolled out this year could enable providers to share information seamlessly […]
Program Details Now Available for ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Executive Seminar!
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog is very pleased to provide full program details for our upcoming 11th Annual Executive Seminar on Systems Transformation, Tuesday […]
MHW: SAMHSA 2016 Budget Hikes Early Intervention, Workforce, Vets, Homeless Services
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Attention has turned to how mental health services have fared in the recently released 2016 budget proposal by […]
WNYC: Reading, Writing, and Psychotherapy: When Schools Step In
Reading, Writing and Psychotherapy: When Schools Step In WNYC; Cindy Rodriguez, 2/3/2015 Â Inside her pink bedroom, Olivia Ingles stood […]
Cheap Shots, Personal Attacks at Murphy Mental Health Services Hearing: Earley
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Wednesday’s Congressional hearing on the implications of a Government Accountability Office report finding that “interagency coordination for (federal) […]
Program Details Now Available for ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Executive Seminar! (2)
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog is very pleased to provide full program details for our upcoming 11th Annual Executive Seminar on Systems Transformation, Tuesday […]
Free Web Seminar: The NYS Peer Specialist Certification Process, on 3/2/15
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Join the free web seminar advertised below to learn more about the NYS Peer Certification Process, which is […]
A Fair Shot for Workers With Disabilities
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The below article is a thorough look at the economic issues facing persons with disabilities; from transportation and […]
45k Suicides Annually Linked to Unemployment
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Studies into not only the mortality indexes surrounding unemployment but also other health factors such as weight gain, […]
One Size Does Not Fit All: Closing the Mental Health Disparities for African American Communities, STAR Center Webinar 2/24
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The STAR Center continues to promote effective policy and programming that navigates cultural competence in behavioral healthcare. Join […]
NYT: Increase in Budget for Rikers is Applauded
Increase in Budget for Rikers Is Applauded ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Times; Michael Schwirtz and Michael Winerip, 2/10/2015  Mayor Bill de Blasio’s […]
New Howie the Harp Initiative: Prep Course for Acadamy of Peer Services Exams
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Please see the note below from the Community Access Howie the Harp program, offering a new initiative to […]
Crain’s: OASAS to Publish Drug Center Performance
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog State is ahead of the curve on promoting transparency within its provider sector. Publishing performance data […]
Inmate Peer Suport Helps Justice-Involved Women Get Back on Track
Inmate Peer Support Program Helps Justice-Involved Women Get Back on Track inforum; Meredith Holt, 2/7/2015  Jenenne Guffey’s job has […]
Teen’s Death in Police Stattion Highlights Rift Between Cops and Community, Need for CIT
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: The article below—though poor in its lack of person-centered and trauma informed language—highlights the need for improved relationships […]
Hearing Voices Network of the Lower Hudson Valley, 2/18 @1PM
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog is proud to be partnering with the Hearing Voices Network of the Lower Hudson Valley to offer […]
Social Security Extending Office Hours Around Country
After Years of Cuts, Social Security to Extend Office Hours Baltimore Sun; John Fritze, 1/22/2015 Â Facing an aging population […]
NYC Training for ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Team Leaders on 2/20 for Albany Legislative Day on 2/25
ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Note: Are you ready to ‘Get on the Bus’ for the 18th Annual ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Legislative Day on February 25? […]