Ķvlog Note: Follow the link below to watch the October, 2014 Most Integrated Setting Coordinated Council Meeting, featuring an update […]
eNews Bulletin Updates
Man Calls Suicide Prevention, SWAT Team Kills Him
Ķvlog Note: Another tragic reminder, this week, of the need for effective crisis response in every community. This man, Jose […]
Gun Violence and Diagnosis; Interview with Metzl on Social Rhetoric
Ķvlog Note: In a workshop at last week’s 2014 Alternatives Conference on programming for transition age youth, one woman said […]
Hop-hop Therapy New Route to Wellbeing?
Ķvlog Note: The idea that rap and other music can contribute to psychological well-being is not a new one, but […]
Consumer Recovery through SDC ‘Investment Fund’ in PA
Ķvlog Note: News and brief personal impact stories like the ones below—shared from the Magellan self-directed care project—are the reason […]
Rescue Dog Bond Facilitates Recovery from Trauma
Ķvlog Note: While this isn’t a new article, I am reminded in reading it of the special presence therapy animals […]
Public System Changes, Community Paying the Price in RI
Ķvlog Note: The article below indicates the fears that many of us have in NY about systems change turning into […]
WA System Broken, Boarding in Jails Rather Than Hospitals
Ķvlog Note: Washington State could again set a precedent for the practice of “holding” people with mental health challenges in […]
Slowing Down the Growing Suicide Rate in Alaska
Ķvlog Note: The national suicide epidemic will not be solved if we address it solely within our state boundaries. Addressing […]
PBS: What Schizophrenia Can Teach Us About Ourselves
Ķvlog Note: This article, for its valuable content, uses some confused reasoning and poor language. However, the information about the […]
WP: Yoga Helps War Veterans Handle PTSD
Yoga Helps War Veterans Get a Handle on Their PTSD Washington Post; Flora Liscia, 10/16/2014 It’s no secret that […]
Virtual Career Fair 10/30; Meet with Potential Employers During Disability Awareness Month
Disability Employment Twitter Chat 10/24 with DOL
Ķvlog Note: Join this exciting opportunity tomorrow, October 24, to take part in a live twitter chat with the Assistant […]
Save Dec 11-12 for Saratoga Conference Aimed at Helping 1915.i Providers Prepare for Medicaid
Ķvlog Note: The Ķvlog Collective, in collaboration with Ķvlog’s Managed Care Technical Assistance Center, is very pleased to offer […]
SAMHSA: Media Guidelines for Bullying Prevention Provide Template
Ķvlog Note: Guidelines from SAMHSA on relaying information about bullying through media offers helpful tools not only for people who […]
MIA: Letter to a Patient, or Living Beyond Medication
Ķvlog Note: This letter is a testament to the difficult but often liberating decision to move beyond a life in […]
NCD Commends Voters with Disabilities Guidance from DOJ
Ķvlog Note: The National Council on Disability offered recommendations last year to the voting rights of persons with disabilities, many […]
Save the Date for Ķvlog 5th Annual PROS Academy! (3)
Ķvlog State Office of Mental Health and the Ķvlog Collective present their 5th Annual PROS Implementation Academy Building the […]
Picture: Recovery, Art Exhibit and Celebration of Hope
The Office of Mental Health would like to invite you to the following event: Picture: Recovery is an […]
Alert: NYS 1915i/HCBS Providers Send in Vital Access Provider Forms This Week!
Ķvlog Note: As you know, Ķvlog and our colleague groups have been working for months to see that 1915.i/Home and […]
Social Security Proves Biggest Backlog in Federal System
The Biggest Backlog in the Federal Government The Washington Post; David Fahrenthold, 10/18/2014 In an obscure corner of the […]
Safe Act Puts 34k with MH Issues on No-Guns List
Mental Health Issues Put 34,500 on Ķvlog’s No-Guns List Ķvlog Times; Anemona Hartocollis, 10/19/2014 A newly created […]
Please Help Support Kendall and Lisa Ortega!
Ķvlog Note: Please help support longtime NYC advocate Lisa Ortega and her son! Tragically, Lisa’s son Kendell was shot […]
Save the Date for Ķvlog 5th Annual PROS Academy! (2)
Ķvlog State Office of Mental Health and the Ķvlog Collective present their 5th Annual PROS Implementation Academy Building the […]
NYT: Treating Depression Before it Becomes Postpartum
Ķvlog Note: On the agenda of a NYS health planning meeting I attended this year was the issue of peripartum […]
States Boost Medicaid Benefits with Improved Fiscal Climate
Ķvlog Note: NYS will be in good company next year as it continues its expansion of not only basic Medicaid […]
KHN: Spike in ER, Hospitalization Use Short-Lived After Medicaid Expansion
Ķvlog Note: Researchers are pleased to provide evidence to the actuarial prediction regarding expanded insurance benefits, that initial rises in […]
MIA: Turning Distress Into Joy; Meaning and Transcendence
Turning Distress into Joy, Part V and Final: Meaning & Transcendence Mad in America; James Scroeder, PhD, 10/15/2014 It was […]
Buffalo Letter: Seniors Need Access to Psychiatric Care
Ķvlog Note: This brief letter to the editor from Western NY highlights a systemic problem in the nation’s care of […]
CHCS Webinar: Demos to Improve Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries
Upcoming Webinar: Demonstrations to Improve Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: State Perspectives on Year 1 CHCS Webinar funded byThe Commonwealth […]
VAP Exception for 1915i Providers Extended to 10/24, New Form Available Tomorrow
Ķvlog Note: The below awaited news from DOH offers revised guidance regarding the VAP exception form for DSRIP-involved providers; a […]
Medicaid ADHD Treatment Under Scrutiny
Ķvlog Note: The below article is filtered through an at times convoluted paradigm, but the information within is worth investigating. […]
SAMHSA Releases Strategic Plan 2015-18
SAMHSA Announces FY 2015 – 2018 Strategic Plan “Leading Change 2.0: Advancing the Behavioral Health of the Nation” SAMHSA Press […]
NYT: With EHR, Doctors Read When They Should Talk
With Electronic Medical Records, Doctors Read When They Should Talk Ķvlog Times; Abigail Zuger, 10/13/2014 Will history someday show […]
OMH Announces $5.5m in New Allocations for Hudson Valley, Long Island
Ķvlog Note: The NYS Office of Mental Health has released details as to how $5.55 million in funds have been […]
HHC Gets Grant to Focus on Clients
Ķvlog Note: HHC—the nation’s largest hospital system—will use a one-year grant to improve internal culture around person-centeredness. Though the below […]
Disabled American Veterans Report Reveals Gaps in Women Veteran Services
Ķvlog Note: Thanks to the Veterans Mental Health Coalition of NYC for sharing news of the recent report from Disabled […]
Reimagining Children’s Mental Health Services: Prepare for the Future with OMH and CTAC
The Ķvlog State Office of Mental Health and the Community Technical Assistance Center of Ķvlog are […]
MHA Webinar: The Role of Community Inclusion in Improving BH Care
The Role of Community Inclusion in Improving Behavioral Health Care Register for this free webinar from Mental Health America! http://takeaction.mentalhealthamerica.net/site/R?i=kWuplsziwlFaBfCp9GHovw […]
Save the Date for Ķvlog 5th Annual PROS Academy!
Ķvlog State Office of Mental Health and the Ķvlog Collective present their 5thAnnual PROS Implementation Academy Building the Recovery […]
NYPD Criminalization of Mental Health: CIT May be Solution
Ķvlog Note: ‘The Nation’ deepens their exploration of criminalization by looking into CIT and its potential impact in NYC, including […]
NYT: In This World Cup, the Goal is a Better Life
Ķvlog Note: In NY and other cities across the world, peers use soccer to engage people experiencing homelessness and work […]
Why Use Prisons to Treat Mental Health?
Ķvlog Note: ‘The Nation’ is investing in advocacy strategies to highlight the criminalization of community members. See below for ways […]
Community Treatment Orders: Politics and Psychiatry in a Culture of Fear
Ķvlog Note: Another article about the UK MH system offers insights into our own history of involuntary community treatment and […]
HP: College MH Service Access and Involuntary Removal from Campus
Using College Mental Health Services Can Lead To Students Getting Removed From Campus Huffington Post; Tyler Kingkade, 10/8/2014 Rachel Williams […]
MIA: Rap Embraces Schizophrenia and Owns It: Culture and Violent Oppression
Ķvlog Note: At times, it seems that the advocacy needed to fulfill cultural competency in mental health treatment is insurmountable. […]
MRLC Today on Housing Options in MC with Peter Campanelli
Ķvlog Note: Haven’t registered for today’s MRLC on Housing with Peter Campanelli? We are pleased to have Peter Campanelli share […]
OM: Do You Want “Granular” Control Over Your Health Record?
Ķvlog Note: It seems to be the buzz word of the season: “granular”. When talking about healthcare data, though, what […]
NC Cuts Prison Time for Probation Violators, and Costs
Ķvlog Note: Innovative approaches to criminal justice go beyond initial diversion; reinvestments to deter recidivism can reduce the financial and […]
Expansion Dim for VA Caregiver Program
Expansion Dim for VA Caregiver Program Albuquerque Journal; Tom Philpott, 10/6/2014 For older generations of spouses, mothers and other […]
MLTC Relative Success, Though Questions Remain
Ķvlog Note: Though the premise of the below article is the relative success of NY’s Managed Long Term Care model, […]
NYT: Doctors Find Barriers to Sharing Digital Medical Records
Ķvlog Note: Despite state efforts to integrate data sharing systems and create minimum parameters, EHRs remain largely incumbent upon private […]
MIA Film Festival 10/9-12
Ķvlog Note: Mad in America’s first International Film Festival will take place in Arlington, MA this week, October 9-12. Visit […]
NYT: A Couple Gaining Independence, and Finding a Bond
Ķvlog Note: This isn’t the typical news story about a closed institution. Many such exposes discuss a (very real) lack […]
WHAM Grads Talk Outcomes, Funding for Peer Programs in 10/6 Webinar
Ķvlog Note: Don’t forget—register today for the opportunity to hear WHAM graduates give feedback, discuss outcomes, and offer advice on […]
Medicare Fines 2, 610 Hospitals in Third Round of Readmission Penalties
Ķvlog Note: In the top 5 states with the most percentage of hospitals fined is NY, with a total of […]
CA Law Gives Workers Paid Sick Time
Ķvlog Note: Several states are moving in the direction of offering mandatory paid sick time for workers that don’t receive […]
US Children Diagnosed Bipolar 72x More than Kids in UK
Ķvlog Note: In a little reported study this summer, researchers revealed that in the first cross-national study of pediatric diagnostic […]
Save the Date for the 5th Annual PROS Academy!
Ķvlog State Office of Mental Health and the Ķvlog Collective present their 5thAnnual PROS Implementation Academy Building the Recovery […]
Cuomo Tells Agency Heads to Hold Spending Amid Surplus
Ķvlog Note: Amid speculation that Cuomo may use $4b in legal settlement surplus to invest in state reforms in 2016, […]
More than 1/2 Killed by SF Police have MH Diagnosis
Ķvlog Note: The accounts in the article below are so graphically written I found them difficult to read. But the […]
Edye Schwartz to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from MHA Westchester
Ķvlog Note: The following comes to via the MHA of Westchester. They’re giving our own Edye Schwartz their highest honor, […]
NYC Ķvlog Forum 10/7 and Save the Date for LI and Hudson Valley (2)
Ķvlog Note: Join us next Tuesday, 10/7, in Brooklyn for our NYC fall regional forum! Hear the latest about changes […]
OM: MH Market Reaches 44m, $147b in Annual Spending
Ķvlog Note: This Open Minds feature from the spring still offers predictive and relevant market information for behavioral health reform, […]
NYC Ķvlog Forum 10/7 and Save the Date for LI and Hudson Valley
Ķvlog Note: Join us next Tuesday, 10/7, in Brooklyn for our NYC fall regional forum! Hear the latest about changes […]
MRLC on 10/8; Peter Campanelli on Housing Options
Ķvlog Note: Join us next Wednesday for a Medicaid Redesign Learning Collaborative webinar on housing. We are pleased to have […]
WHAM Grads Discuss Peer Delivered Implementation and Outcomes in NC Webinar
Ķvlog Note: Just a couple days left to register for this free webinar from the National Council highlighting graduates of […]
MIA: Don’t Reframe a Housing Crisis as a MH Crisis
Ķvlog Note: The below MIA article summarizes an open letter written by the Vancouver Community of Drug Users to their […]
CMS Revises ‘Meaningful Use’ Criteria for Electronic Records
Ķvlog Note: Understanding electronic health records and the ways physicians check and share valuable information about clients is becoming increasingly […]
Lack of MH Education Constrains Nurses, Reproduced Stigma
Ķvlog Note: Problems facing the national health system in the UK mirror ours in the US in some striking ways. […]
Waiving Regulations for Integrated Care in DSRIP
Ķvlog Note: The state’s ability to modify regulations or state agency requirements under a new delivery system shows a promising […]
Solitary Confinement to End for Adolescents at Rikers Island
Solitary Confinement to End for Youngest at Rikers Island Ķvlog Times; Michael Schwirtz, 9/28/2014 Although experts have spoken […]