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LAT: Over 1/3 of LAPD Shootings Involved People w MH Conditions
Ķvlog Note: According to a recent, comprehensive report out of Los Angeles, more than 33 percent of those shot by […]
TP: Why Are So Many African-American Youth Dying from Suicide?
Ķvlog Note: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the suicide rate of African-American children ages 5-11 doubled […]
WP: The Decision to Disclose a MH Condition
Ķvlog Note: This is a heart-wrenching story written by a woman whose father completed suicide when she was a teenager […]
HP: The Need for Increased Cultural Competence and CIT Among Police
Ķvlog Note: All too frequently, people with serious mental health conditions interface with law enforcement. The following article details how […]
MHW: Partnership Addresses MH Needs of African-American Students
Ķvlog Note: According to a recent poll, African-American students feel less academically and emtionally prepared for college than their peers, […]
TU: Death Spurs Talk of Registry
Ķvlog Note: Earlier this year, Donald Ivy, Jr. – an unarmed, 39 year-old, African-American Albany man diagnosed with schizophrenia – […]
Olivet: Homelessness Is a Symptom of Racism II
Homelessness Is a Symptom of Racism By Jeff Olivet Huffington Post October 29, 2015 [This blog is the second in […]
Rep Tim Murphy Bill Supporters Make Strong Link with Gun Violence with Mental Health Conditions
Ķvlog Note: Last week, 30 Congressional Representatives sent a letter to the chairs of the Energy and Commerce that will […]
Olivet: Homelessness, Racism and Social Justice
Ķvlog Note: A very pointed piece by the CEO of the Center for Social Innovation, an organization that operates numerous […]
NYT: The Myth of the ‘Autistic Shooter’
Ķvlog Note: A very thoughtful piece that links psychopathy, not autism nor mental health conditions, with mass murder. Some highlights: […]
MH: States ‘Shocked’ They’re On The Hook For Rising Medicare Premiums
States ‘Shocked’ They’re On The Hook For Rising Medicare Premiums By Virgil Dickson Modern Healthcare October 8, 2015 State Medicaid agencies […]
VU: Mental Illness Is The Wrong Scapegoat After Mass Shootings
Mental Illness Is The Wrong Scapegoat After Mass Shootings by Amy Wolf Vanderbilt University Research News December 11, 2014, In […]
Sept 24 Black Minds Matter 2 Webinar
August 31, 2015 California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions » Black Minds Matter 2! Identifying Community Based Strategies By […]
Farewell Note; Looking Forward
Dear Ķvlog Friends, As I prepare to leave my position at Ķvlog, I’ve been reflecting on how ENews readers […]
Native Americans Most Likely to be Killed By Law Enforcement; Questions After Mentally Ill Man Shot in Denver
Protesters Question Denver Police Killing of Mentally Ill Native American Al Jazeera; 7/22/2015, Tristan Ahtone She knew her son […]
A Texas Jail Failed Sandra Bland: Intersections Between the Recovery and Black Lives Matter Movement
Ķvlog Note: Now more than ever, it is important to recognize the intersections between racial discrimination and the mental health […]
A Conversation on Racial Disparities in MH Treatment
Ķvlog Note: What I particularly like about this dialogue is the emphasis on getting to know each individual for their […]
McCray, Belkin at NYC Event; Community Conversations on Overcoming Stress 7/23
Ķvlog Note: The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Office of Consumer Affairs is pleased to co-sponsor this exciting […]
10 Ways to Improve Your Meditation
Ķvlog Note: Many people are now familiar with some of the benefits of meditation for a healthy mind and body. […]
Chemicals Have Consequences: Antidepressants, Pregnancy, and the NY Times
Ķvlog Note: Many people read, either here through enews or in the NY Times last week, the article The Secret […]
The Secret Sadness of Pregnancy With Depression
Ķvlog Note: This lengthy article details the complexities of antepartum depression. Though the first story describes how psychopharmacology could have […]
NYT: Rise in Suicide by Black Children Surprises Researchers
Ķvlog Note: The results of the study detailed below emphasizes the need for cultural competence across a range of preventive […]
NYT: Too Many in Jail? Abolish Bail
Ķvlog Note: This recent op-ed contribution offers a critical look at an outdated method of retaining accused persons awaiting trial. […]
Overkill: Unnecessary Medical Care Harming People Physically and Financially – What Can We Do About It?
Ķvlog Note: An excellent article to tuck away for a Saturday-morning read; Atul Gawande’s treatise below encounters the many systemic […]
What’s Wrong With CBT For Psychosis?
Ķvlog Note: This (likely contentious) article reviews some of the scientific methodology around studies that indicate CBT for positive outcomes […]
Laura’s Law Put on Hold in Santa Barabara Awaiting System Reform
Ķvlog Note: As Santa Barbara and other California counties debate “Laura’s Law”, their recently proposed version of AOT, or involuntary […]
MIA: The Risk Society and the Germanwings Tragedy: Stigma on Both Sides of the Psychiatry Wars
The Risk Society and the Germanwings Tragedy: Stigma on Both Sides of the Psychiatry Wars Mad in America; Timothy Kelly, […]
TU: Albany Death After Taser Use Raises Training Issue
Ķvlog Note: Following the tragic taser inflicted death of an Albany man with a mental health treatment history and the […]
6 Facts Show Why MH Is An Issue in the Black Community
6 Facts Show Why Mental Health Is an Issue in the Black Community Mic Identities; Derrick Clifton, 3/18/2015 During […]
NYT: Inside America’s Toughest Federal Prison
Ķvlog Note: The article below may be one to save for a rainy weekend morning, but in its length it […]
Harris’ ‘Mental Health Recovery! Now’ Featured in Earley Blog
Ķvlog Note: Noted author and family member Pete Earley regularly publishes a blog on mental health related issues that reaches […]
SAMHSA Peer Run Organization Webinar Features Ķvlog’ Edye Schwartz
Ķvlog Note: Register today for the April 3 BRSS TACS First Fridays with Ķvlog’ own Edye Schwartz, where she will […]
Raise the Age and Improve Ķvlog’s Justice System
Ķvlog Note: Yesterday, advocates from around the state brought the message to Albany legislators to ‘Raise the Age’ of youthful […]
HP: Dying to be Free; Chronicling Heroin Addiction and Treatment in the US
Ķvlog Note: The story below captures two chapters of a lengthy project from Huffington Post chronicling the story of how […]
Harvard PH Review: Murphy Bill Strips Rights Rather than Improves Care
Ķvlog Note: The following recently published article in the Harvard Public Health Review evaluates legislation proposed last year by Rep. […]
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. Ķvlog Note: Starkly missing from all of the […]
Advocates Launch New Recovery Now! Campaign to Advance Recovery-Focused MH Care: Join Today!
Ķvlog Note: Starkly missing from all of the public debate and public policy proposals to fix our broken mental health […]
NC: ASylum or Warehouse?
Ķvlog Note: Many of our readers will have seen the JAMA article—or at least its rebuttals—called ‘Bring Back the Asylum’. […]
How Suicide Affects Psychiatrists
Ķvlog Note: This complex, daunting (and at points triggering) article details the complicated relationship between individuals with suicidal experiences, and […]
Cuomo Housing, Nonprofit, CJ Initiatives; Jan 22 Ķvlog Member Webinar
Ķvlog Note: Lots of news expected this week in Governor Cuomo’s budget proposal for the coming new fiscal year including […]
Gov. Cuomo, NYC Police Union Talk, Budget Priorities Emerge
Ķvlog Note: As we anticipate the release of Governor Cuomo’s budget in tandem with his State of the State address […]
Dying Young, and Opportunities for Impact
Having a Severe Mental Illness Means Dying Young Huffington Post; Allen Frances, 12/30/2014 People diagnosed with serious mental illness […]
#Black Lives Matter #Mentally Ill Lives Matter
Ķvlog Note: It has been so hard to find any article to highlight the national protests and debates surrounding the […]
Is Care Best in the West? Study Finds Racial Gaps Persist, Except in Western States
Ķvlog Note: Though the study referenced below did not specifically capture behavioral health, the lessons learned are valuable for our […]
‘The Invisible Front’ Offers Perspective on Veteran’s Day
Ķvlog Note: I wouldn’t normally send something like a book review to our readers, but the article below highlights a […]
Ted: How Should We Talk About Mental Health?
Ķvlog Note: This concise and helpful article below was written by a contributing author to www.ted.com , a site now […]
NYT: If Medicaid Expansion Weren’t Optional
Who Would Have Health Insurance if Medicaid Expansion Weren’t Optional Ķvlog Times; Kevin Quealy and Margot Sanger-Katz, 11/3/2014 […]
In the Shadows of Homelessness, RI Outreach Workers Help Those Hardest to Reach
Ķvlog Note: As in RI, the experiences of care managers in NY’s Health Homes may help with valuable advocacy for […]
Hurricane Sandy and MH: What More We Could Have Done
The Impact of Hurricane Sandy on Mental Health: What More We Could Have Done Huffington Post; Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Exciting Changes in Iowa Resemble NY’s Experiment in Regional Organizing
Ķvlog Note: Regional organization in Iowa may not be at the behest of DSRIP, but the way they are preparing […]
NYT: Heroin Toll Rising in NY, Amid Shift in Who Uses It
Ķvlog Note: The rise of heroin distribution in the boroughs of NYC has raised to levels not seen in a […]
Police as America’s MH Workers/ Seeing Disability as a Provocation
Ķvlog Note: The two articles below illuminate the often destructive and lethal relationship of police officers to persons in emotional […]
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 […]
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 […]
SAMHSA Resources for Multicultural Health Disparities
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Mental Health Services 4350 […]
Telling Your Recovery Story
Ķvlog Note: The public speaking tips below are helpful for anyone, but may be particularly so for people learning to […]
MIA: The Proactive Search for Mental Illness in Children
Ķvlog Note: Below is part one in a two-part Mad in America series examining the expansion of psychological screening and […]
MIA: Talking About Psychosis: Why Do It?
Talking About Psychosis, Part 1: Why Do It? Mad in America; Mark Ragins, MD, 7/2/2014 I was taught in […]
Szabo: Cost Of Not Caring II: Stigma Set in Stone
Ķvlog Note: Here’s part 2 of a USA Today series entitled ‘The Cost of Not Caring’ that focuses especially on […]
AJ: SF Debates Controversial MH Law
Ķvlog Note: As the debate goes on in San Francisco about involuntary outpatient commitment, a familiar dialogue is raised: how […]
MH and OAB Correlation in Female Veterans Addresses Mind-Body Connection
Ķvlog Note: We know that individuals with mental health challenges—particularly those treated with psychopharmacology for serious diagnoses—have a higher risk […]