Ķvlog Note: The two articles below illuminate the often destructive and lethal relationship of police officers to persons in emotional […]
eNews Bulletin Updates
NYSRA Rehabilitation Summit: Outcome Focused – Enhanced Lives – Featured Presentations!
Ķvlog Note: This year’s NYSRA Rehabilitation Summit is just a couple weeks away! The event focuses on education and employment, […]
CHCS Webinar Series | Digital Health and the Underserved
Ķvlog Note: The Center for Health Care Strategies is offering two webinars below that can be very helpful as we […]
Cope: The Research is in Linking Yoga & Health & Wellness Outcomes
Ķvlog Note: Some years ago, a group of us who had some connection with the Kripalu Yoga Center in nearby […]
Clarification re NYS BH Managed Care TA Kickoff Forums
Ķvlog Note: Please note that NYS and NYC are amending the announcement of the Behavioral Health Managed Care Kick Off […]
Ķvlog 2014 Awards Honor Excellence and Inspiration
Ķvlog 2014 Awards Honor Excellence and Inspiration The Ķvlog Board of Directors is very pleased to recognize and […]
NY Announces BH Medicaid Managed Care Kick-Off Forums
OMH, OASAS, DOH, AND NYC DOHMH ANNOUNCE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICAID MANAGED CARE KICK-OFF FORUMS The Ķvlog State Office […]
Dating With a Diagnosis; Disclosure and (Stigmatizing?) Distinctions
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog’ Molly Donahue explores some of the intricacies of dating with a mental health diagnosis in the below […]
Back to School: MHA Provides New Resources on Student Mental Health
Ķvlog Note: Students of any age can experience stress with the coming of a new school year. But for children […]
SAMHSA Wellness Initiative; Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals, Improving Wellness Webinar
Improving the Wellness of Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming, and Intersex Individuals Wednesday, August 27, 20143:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. EDT (2 p.m. CDT; […]
Williams’ Death Underscores Creativity, Depression, and Addiction Connection
Ķvlog Note: The collective mourning process for Robin Williams has prompted much conversation about the nature of “mental illness” and […]
Mental Health Awareness Day at Pilgrim Psych Center
Ķvlog Note: Join Pilgrim Psychiatric Center at Mental Health Awareness Day on Thursday October 9. Registration information is below! […]
CA Judge Calls for Plan To Prevent Isolation of Mentally Ill Inmates
Ķvlog Note: A judge in California has set new restrictions on the use of solitary confinement, mandating that mental health […]
NYC Wellness Week Kick-off September 12!
NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Division of Mental Hygiene Office of Consumer Affairs Wellness Week Kick-off Wellness […]
npr: MH Cops Reweave Safety Net in San Antonio
Ķvlog Note: The article below is a reprieve from news lately that elucidates failures and systemic violence in America’s policing […]
Focus on 1915.i Services: 1 Month Left Till Ķvlog Conference!
Only One Month to Go Till Ķvlog Conference, Rooms are Going Fast! One Program Focus: 1915.i Home and Community-Based […]
Peer-Led Health Lifestyle Program Seeking Staff Associate
Ķvlog Note: See below for an excellent opportunity with Columbia University! Columbia University School of Social Work Job Announcement […]
Victory Over Discrimination Against Bar Applicants
Bazelon Center’s Complaints Result in Agreement Ending Discrimination Against Bar Applicants Based on Mental Health Conditions Press Release, Louisiana Supreme […]
Can Technology Increase Behavioral Health Wellness?
Ķvlog Note: The article below, developed by Ķvlog’ Molly Donahue, delves into the benefits and risks of relying on technology […]
DOHMH Behavioral Health System Planning Forums in September
Upcoming Public Forums in Ķvlog City Hosted by DOHMH Ķvlog City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene The […]
CPI Releases Employment Resource Book for Consumers
Ķvlog Note: The employment resource book offered by the Center for Practice Innovations is a tremendous tool for consumers, peer […]
Only One Month to Go Till Ķvlog Conference, Rooms are Going Fast!
This year’s Ķvlog Annual Conference, to be held September 17-19 at our main conference site at the Hudson Valley Resort […]
Live Streaming of the 21st LI Bi County Empowerment Conference
Can’t attend the 21st Annual Long Island Bi-County Empowerment Conference in person? Watch the event live streaming on August 29! […]
Peer Respites for MH Consumers Prevent Hospitalizations
Ķvlog Note: The excellent article below highlights not only the valuable role of crisis respites to divert hospitalizations and contribute […]
Ķvlog Seeks Membership and Events Administrator
Membership and Events Coordinator Position Summary: Playing a key role in the public presentation of the organization, the Membership and […]
AP: Groups Claim Insurance Discrimination in New Forms
Ķvlog Note: After passage of the ACA, several NY insurance plans have been faulted by the Attorney General for parity […]
npr: Has ACA Helped Youth Get Mh Treatment? Maybe
Ķvlog Note: Some of the reasons young people don’t receive appropriate mental health treatment are well known—cost, access, assessment, stigma—but […]
Robin Williams’ Legacy Highlighted at SAMHSA Voice Awards
Ķvlog Note: A powerful moment at this year’s SAMHSA Voice Awards. Robin Williams’ Legacy Overshadows SAMHSA Voice Awards Posted […]
Social Media, Peer Credentialing MHA August Webinars
Mental Health America Webinar http://takeaction.mentalhealthamerica.net/site/R?i=Xq7zU_1IJDI4X7ctd64IgA http://takeaction.mentalhealthamerica.net/site/R?i=s-oftezOWhTweJprWov5Ow Please join us in August for two exciting webinars. Social and […]
NYSHF: Care Management in Ķvlog State Health Homes
Ķvlog Note: Here’s the executive summary of a newly released report looking at how health home based care management has […]
Ķvlog Update on NYS Medicaid Redesign Initiatives
Ķvlog Note: Here’s our best sense of where things currently stand with regards to the extraordinary number of simultaneously moving […]
Please Help Support a Leader of the Future!
Please Make Your Contribution for Peer Scholarships to Ķvlog Annual Conference! Registration is Live…..Register Now!!! Dear Friends, […]
SAMHSA Recognizes Honorees At 2014 Voice Awards
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog is very pleased to recognize this year’s SAMHSA Voice Award honorees for their great contributions to promoting […]
Integrated Health Track at the Ķvlog Conference; Register Today!
Integrated Health in this year’s conference! Registration is Live…..Register Now!!! This year’s program features extraordinary Integrated Health workshops, […]
Cuomo Launches Statewide LGBT Data Collection Through Agencies
Ķvlog Note: The initiative detailed below may help OMH and other state agencies learn about the needs and currently […]
Next MRLC Webinar- August 27-Where do I Fit in DSRIP?
Ķvlog Note: Our last two MRLC Webinars gave us much information about DSRIP planning in NYS and DSRIP implementation in […]
Link Now Activated: Peer Support in Correctional Facilities; Webinar Series
Ķvlog NOTE: Earlier this morning we sent out the following announcement for the Peer Support in Correctional Facilities webinar series. […]
KHN: To beat Heroin Addiction, A Turn to Coaches
To Beat Heroin Addiction, A Turn to Coaches Kaiser Health News; Martha Bebinger, 8/11/2014 Two young men sit in […]
Peer Support in Correctional Facilities; Webinar Series
IPTION TARGET AUDIENCEW!! IPTION
Only 10% of Medicaid Enrollees’ ED Use Is unnecessary
Ķvlog Note: The article below depicts a noted trend in insurance expansions; when people first access insurance after long periods […]
Crain’s: Hospital Insurer Expands with Integrated Model and Accountable Network
Ķvlog Note: North Shore LIJ hospital system is quietly achieving what appears to be the future of health care delivery […]
NYT: The High Cost of Low Risk: America’s Aging Prison Population
Ķvlog Note: Two problems increasingly challenging the mental health system in America—the aging of individuals with diagnoses and the criminalization […]
CDPAANYS Hiring Program Manager for Peer Program in Olmstead Implementation
Ķvlog Note: See below for an exciting new opportunity with CDPAANYS. This position highlights not only the importance of the […]
Check out Peer Services Lineup for the Ķvlog Conference!
Ķvlog Note: Peer run agencies, programs and services have come to the forefront of emerging new integrated health care systems […]
WA High Court: Psychiatric Boarding Unlawful
Ķvlog Note: An important precedent set in Washington this week may incentivize appropriations to crisis respite and alternatives to psychiatric […]
Immigrants Contribute $182m to Medicare
Ķvlog News: A recent report highlights further the significant economic contributions immigrants make to the US market. While many US […]
MMNY DSRIP Webinar Monday 8/11 Featuring Jason Helgerson & Greg Allen
Ķvlog Note: Join MMNY on Monday as they host a special webinar regarding DSRIP with state policy leads and speakers […]
HP: Rikers Receives Scathing Report on Youth, Solitary, Brutality Against Inmates with Psychiatric Diagnosis
More Evidence That Ķvlog’s Largest Jail Is An Utterly Horrific Place The Huffington Post; Christopher Mathias, 8/5/2014 A scathing […]
WRAP: Webinar from Copeland Center Highlights WRAP for Life
Ķvlog Note: Mary Ellen Copeland highlights a live webinar she’ll provide September 10 about her new resource about creating WRAP […]
STAR Center News; Engaging Asian Communities & Asian-American Mosaic
Ķvlog Note: See below for a STAR Center review of upcoming events, funding opportunities, and resources: STAR Center News Upcoming […]
NYU, McSilver Launches Advanced Certificate Program in Integrated Primary, BH Health
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog University’s Silver School of School of Social Work and its McSilver Institute is launching an Advanced […]
Ķvlog Conference Keynotes Address Timely National Themes!
Ķvlog Note: This year’s Ķvlog Annual Conference features some very timely powerhouse keynote presentations, ranging from a very passionate and […]
SAMHSA: Webinar Today; Diverse Promising Practices for Engaging Youth Before and During Times of Emotional Distress
Ķvlog Note: Register this morning for this important webinar, hosted by SAMHSA this afternoon at 3pm: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF […]
Effective Outreach and Engagement Strategies for Service Members, Veterans, and their Families; Webinar 8/20
Upcoming Webinar Announcement from the National Council for Behavioral Health: Effective Outreach and Engagement Strategies for Service Members, Veterans, and […]
MIA: An Anti-Violence Mental Health Plan
Ķvlog Note: Below, an excellent example of a succinct response to the argument that people with a psychiatric diagnosis can […]
The Social Context of MI through Global Proliferation
Ķvlog Note: As several articles we have recently sent articulate, the experience of behavioral health is largely contingent on socio-economic […]
CHP: New Initiative for Uninsured Ķvlogers
Ķvlog Note: The article below refers to a webinar hosted by the state last Friday, during which Jason Helgerson and […]
NYT: Once Leader of Outcry, de Blasio Now Trying to Quell It
Once Leader of Outcry, de Blasio Is Now Trying to Quell It Ķvlog Times; Michael M. Grynbaum, 7/31/2014 […]
NY Disability Vote Network for a Unified Political Voice
Ķvlog Note: Sign up with the NY Disability Vote Network to get information about disability related voting issues that impact […]
OMH: Free Presentation; An Eagle Only Soars When It Flies Against The Wind
Ķvlog Note: A free webinar offered by the OMH Office of Consumer Affairs highlights one person’s recovery journey: An Eagle […]
SAMHSA: All Roads Lead to Better Engagement, from Harvey Rosenthal
Ķvlog Note: Below, Harvey Rosenthal describes the need for a varied and systemic approach to effective outreach and engagement from […]
SAMHSA: Practices for Engaging Youth Before and During Times of Emotional Distress Webinar
FREE WEBINAR Diverse Promising Practices for Engaging Youth Before and During Times of Emotional Distress: Youth, Family, and […]
Are CA Medicaid Priorities Imprisoning People with MH Diagnoses?
Ķvlog Note: Medicaid Redesign principles in NY must look at the total system of care, and analyze the potential impacts […]
CA Youth Wellness Center Central to Battle Against Child Trauma
Ķvlog Note: One clinic in California has worked on a way to integrate trauma-informed practices into their treatment of adverse […]
Ķvlog Annual Conference Responds to National Challenges
Over the past year, a national debate on the effectiveness and appropriate scope of state and national mental health service […]
TU; Feds: State Owes $1.5b
Ķvlog Note: In another unveiling of Medicaid abuse, NYS is accused of overspending the federal government’s liability by $1.5b. Compared […]
NPR: This is Your Stressed-Out Brain on Scarcity
Ķvlog Note: Another excellent article about the effects of poverty, below. Persons experiencing poverty not only suffer from social, monetary, […]
Today’s 2pm Bazelon Center’s Olmstead Webinar
Bazelon Center Webinar on Olmstead Integration will be offered on July 30 at 2:30pm July 21, 2014 – A […]
CSH: NY on Cutting Edge of ‘Housing as Health’ Debate
Ķvlog Note: A new report from CSH outlines the social determinants of health, and discusses ways that states like NY […]
MIA: Medicalizing Poverty
Medicalizing Poverty Mad in America; Wayne Munchel, 7/28/2014 In his Alternatives Conference 2012 Address, Will Hall called attention to […]
SAMHSA: Peer Support in State Correctional Facilities
Ķvlog Note: Save the dates! SAMHSA’s GAINS center is hosting two upcoming webinars to look at the possibilities of using […]
Aug 1 NYS MRT Employment Workgroup Meeting at 10:00 am
Ķvlog Note: This Friday, the NYS Department of Health will be hosting a webinar intended to describe the state’s progress […]