Ķvlog Note: According to the newly released data obtained by the Ķvlog Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), 40,000 solitary confinement […]
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Here’s How Easily Ķvlog Could Become the First Major U.S. City to End Solitary Confinement
Here’s How Easily Ķvlog Could Become the First Major U.S. City to End Solitary Confinement By Natasha Lennard The […]
Alert: Trump Administration Considers Monitoring People with Mental Illness to Prevent Shootings
Ķvlog Note: The following materials have been culled from a variety of news sources and primary source Washington Post (see […]
3 Weeks Till Ķvlog Conference! Don’t Miss the Mini Movie Festival; See Updated Program & Register Today!
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SAMHSA MH Technology Transfer Center July 2019 Update
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Health Affairs Highlights the Power of Peer Support
Ķvlog Note: Don’t miss this terrific piece in one of the nation’s most prestigious journals of health policy thought and […]
50 Signatures Needed to Get to 1, 000: Sign on Letter Urging Passage of HALT Solitary Confinement Ban, Rehab Alternatives!
Ķvlog Note: We’re in the final 2 weeks of all out advocacy to win passage of the HALT bill and […]
AP, Spectrum, NYS Senate: Solitary Confinement Ban Has the Votes to Pass Now
Ķvlog Note: The NYS campaign to win passage of the landmark HALT bill intensified over the weekend, with high profile […]
Today! Sign on Letter Urging Passage of HALT Solitary Confinement Ban, Rehab Alternatives!
Ķvlog Note: This Thursday, state legislative leaders and mental health and criminal justice reform advocates will be holding a 1pm Capital news […]
Today! Sign on Letter Urging Passage of HALT Solitary Confinement Ban, Rehab Alternatives!
Friends, For many years, self and system advocates for people with mental health challenges from across the nation have […]
All Hands on Deck! Sign on Letter Urging Passage of HALT Solitary Confinement Ban, Rehab Alternatives!
Friends, For many years, self and system advocates for people with mental health challenges from across the nation have […]
All Hands on Deck! Sign on Letter Urging Passage of HALT Solitary Confinement Ban, Rehab Alternatives!
Friends, For many years, self and system advocates for people with mental health challenges from across the nation have called […]
New! GA Forensic Peer Mentor Project Lead Joins Ķvlog Executive Seminar Panel
Ķvlog Note: Georgia’s Lindsey Sizemore has several powerful stories to share – one about Georgia’s forensic peer mentor initiative that […]
Study: Mental Health Issues Increasingly Seen in Young Americans
Study: Mental Health Issues Increasingly Seen in Young Americans -Rising psychological distress, depression, and suicidal thoughts in this group may […]
A Recommends Oregon Peer Informed Non Police Approach to NYC Gov’t
Ķvlog Note: The following comes from Community Access and the Ķvlog Board’s Carla Rabinowitz, who writes “ the stakeholders meeting […]
D&C: Rochester Event Looks at Strategies to Address African American Mental Health Crisis
Ķvlog Note: Congratulations to the MHA of Rochester and Chacku Mathai for hosting an extremely important and timely event. Initiative […]
When Mental-Health Experts, Not Police, Are the First Responders
Ķvlog Note: The following approach goes one step beyond the Crisis Intervention Team approach that trains police officers to better […]
Advocates, Legislators Call on NYS to End Mass Incarceration and Promote Justice
Ķvlog Note: lawmakers, survivors of incarceration, family members, and a broad cross-section of advocacy groups held joint speakouts across New […]
NYT: A Real Chance at US Criminal Justice Reform
A Real Chance at Criminal Justice ReformSessions is out. Trump is on board. It’s time to put these necessary changes […]
Report: Trump Administration To Effectively Eliminate ‘Transgender’ Definition
Ķvlog Note: According to the Ķvlog Times, HHS is finalizing a definition of gender that would define sex as […]
KHN: As U.S. Suicide Rates Rise, Hispanics Show Relative Immunity
As U.S. Suicide Rates Rise, Hispanics Show Relative Immunity Support from family and community appear to shield Latinos from rising […]
Pat Deegan, Awards Ceremony, Leaders and Dignity Panels!: 9 Days Away, Register Today for Ķvlog Conference!
Ķvlog Note: We’re only 9 DAYS AWAY from this year’s Ķvlog Annual Conference, “Dignity, Recovery and Justice for All!”, to […]
Black Lives Matters’ Hawk Newsome, HRC’s Dolores Covrigaru Join Justice Keynote at Ķvlog Conference! Register Today!
Ķvlog News: We’re only 2 weeks away from this year’s Ķvlog Annual Conference, “Dignity, Recovery and Justice for All!”, to […]
Why Mandating Mental Health Education in Schools is a Band-Aid on a Gaping Wound: Harris
Ķvlog Note: Mandating mental health education can represent a major advance….depending on how it will be implemented. School based education […]
Study: Police Are 3x More Likely to Kill Black Men
Ķvlog Note: An abhorrent finding, this article’s finish offers a powerful summation about the impact of police violence on communities, […]
CBHL: Did You See the Call for Innovators? Don’t Miss Sept 26-7 ‘Leveraging Power Dynamics To Optimize Change’ Summit
Ķvlog Note: For almost 40 years, the College of Behavioral Health Leadership (formerly ACMHA), has demonstrated the unique ability to […]
MHANYS: New State Law Ensures Mental Health Education in Schools
Ķvlog News: Ķvlog would like to congratulate Glenn Liebman and his extraordinary team at the Mental Health Association Ķvlog […]
Assembly Passes HALT – The Work Is Not Finished!
Ķvlog News: A cheer went out in the Assembly Chamber as the Honorable. Jeffrion L. Aubry. Assembly, District 35, Speaker Pro Tempore took […]
Suicide Rate is 2x Higher for Black Children: Compendium from NYS Suicide Prevention Community Initiative
Ķvlog Note: Here’s an extraordinary collection of suicide related resources thank to Garra Lloyd-Lester of Director, NYS Suicide Prevention Community […]
URGENT: Call Albany Today HALT Solitary Confinement
Ķvlog Alert: Help us stop the suffering thousands of Ķvlogers endure each day. HALT Solitary Confinement for Vulnerable Groups […]
Join Us: Replace Torture with Treatment in NYS Prisons !
Ķvlog Note: One of Ķvlog’ top issues this past session and decade has been to replace torture with treatment in […]
Urgent: Call Albany To HALT Solitary Confinement
Ķvlog ALERT: Stop the Suffering! HALT Solitary Confinement for […]
Wednesday: Advocates Unveil Replica Solitary Confinement Cell, Call for Prison Reform
Ķvlog Note: One of Ķvlog’ top issues this past session and decade has been to replace torture with treatment in […]
Trump Administration Rejects Lifetime Medicaid Cap, Unpredictable on Enrollment or Benefit Cuts
Ķvlog Note: While the Trump Administration has been supportive of state proposals to tie work requirements to Medicaid, it drew […]
Take Action: Letters, Phone Calls and Rally!
Ķvlog Note: We at Ķvlog are asking you to make phone calls, write letters and Show Up. The bigger the […]
Mental Health Advocates Call on NYPD to Improve Responses to ‘People In Crisis’: Newsday
Ķvlog Note: NYC advocates came out last Friday to send a powerful message to the Bill Blasio administration: end the […]
New Educational Video Series on Adult Behavioral Health Medicaid Managed Care!
Ķvlog Note: NYS and NYC government has officially released a video series that helps explain what Health and Recovery Plans, […]
Tragic Death of Deborah Danner Followed by Tragic Exoneration of the Officer Who Killed Her
Ķvlog Note: The tragedy of Deborah Danner’s tragic death has been followed by another tragedy, yesterday’s court ruling that exonerated […]
White Adults With Mental Illness Report More Barriers To Care, Study Shows
White Adults With Mental Illness Report More Barriers To Care, Study Shows Crain’s Health Pulse February 1, 2018 In a […]
MHW Highlights Some of the Field’s 2018 Priorities
MHW Highlights Some of the Field’s 2018 PrioritiesMental Health Weekly January 1,8, 2018 Editor’s note: For our 2018 Special Preview […]
Cuomo to Underscore Workforce Development; No Word Yet on Human Services Workforce Compensation
Ķvlog Note: Here’s the text of one of the releases NYS Governor Cuomo has issued in advance of tomorrow’s State […]
Alert: Tell Congress “No Tax on Disability!”: Join Tomorrow’s National Call-In
Ķvlog Note: A diversity of groups are coming together to regard the GOP tax proposal as a ‘tax on disability’ […]
Suicide Among Latina and Black Male Youth Sept 6 NYC Forum
AP: Lawmakers Urged to Restrict Use of Solitary Confinement
Ķvlog Note: 29% of prison inmates and 22% of jail inmates with mental health conditions were confined to often torturous […]
NYT: Trump’s Pick for Mental Health ‘Czar’ Highlights Rift
Ķvlog Note: Please note today’s article in the Ķvlog Times about the rift that has existed for decades between […]
CMS’ Ongoing Commitment to Minority Health
CMS BLOG http://blog.cms.gov/2017/01/17/cms-announces-extension-of-2016-reporting-deadline April 26, 2017 By: Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) CMS’ Ongoing Commitment […]
WSJ: Trump’s Latest Pick for Mental-Health Post Has Helped Prosecutors Secure Convictions
Ķvlog Note: A lead candidate for the new post of Assistant Secretary for Mental Health position in the Department of […]
Alert: April Recess Actions to Reject Repeal and #ProtectOurCare
Ķvlog Note: The following comes courtesy of Ron Manderscheid. Act today! Below and attached is a full run down of […]
Urgent: Tell House GOP to Reject New ACA Repeal Proposal! (2)
Urgent: Tell House GOP to Reject New ACA Repeal Proposal! Once again, we are at an all hands on deck […]
Heastie: NYS Assembly Will Focus on Criminal Justice Reforms That Are Among Top Ķvlog Priorities This Session
Ķvlog Note: Earlier this week, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie made criminal justice reform a most welcome centerpiece of his remarks […]
WP, NYT Cite National Efforts to Fight Discrimination & Stigma
Ķvlog Note: Two of the most prominent, widely read publications in the nation give front and center coverage to our […]
MHW: 2nd Destination Dignity Rally Advances the Cause of Dignity for our Community
Ķvlog Note: This year’s 2nd annual march for the dignity and rights of Americans with mental health condition was a […]
USAT: People w MH Conditions are 16x More Likely to be KIlled by Police; Communities Pursue Solutions
Ķvlog Note: Police training, police and community partnerships and police working alongside co-responders who are mental health professionals are among […]
Cuomo Announces $8m Outreach Program to expand MH, Addiction and Aging Services for Older Ķvlogers
For Immediate Release: 9/23/2016 GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES NEARLY $8 MILLION OUTREACH PROGRAM […]
WP: ‘I Wasn’t Crazy.’ A Homeless Woman’s Long War To Prove The Feds Owe Her $100,000.
‘I Wasn’t Crazy.’ A Homeless Woman’s Long War To Prove The Feds Owe Her $100,000. ByPetula DvorakWashington Post August 22, […]
Study: Minority Kids Get Expelled or Jailed not Treatment When They’re in Trouble
Ķvlog Note: A new study underlines the outrage of the great disparity and abysmal rates at which African-American and Hispanic […]
Study: Meditation Can Help ‘High Risk’ Groups Improve Heart Health, Save Healthcare $
Ķvlog Note: Alternative healing or complementary medicine techniques like meditation have long been the subject of great interest among people […]
Study: Most Antidepressant Drugs are Ineffective For Children And Teens, May Also Increase Suicidal Thoughts
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog strongly encourages informed choice in taking medications. Many in our community, including me, take them with good […]
Criminal Justice Reform Will Fail if We Don’t Fix Mental Health Care Too: Johnson
Ķvlog Note: Another great posting from Ķvlog intern David Martino. This commentary introduces a proposal to create a more seamless […]
JR: How Judges Try To Address Racial Disparities In The Criminal Court Process
Ķvlog Note: The following comes from recovery and rights advocate and presider over the nation’s first mental health court, Judge […]
AP: Police Dep’ts, DOJ Award Police De-escalation Tactics
Police Departments Begin To Reward Restraint TacticsBy Errin Haines Whack Associated Press May 31, 2016 PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A few […]
MIA: Study Finds Racial Differences in Psychiatric Diagnosis, Treatment
Study Finds Racial Differences in Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment Mad in America May 24, 2016 According to a recent study […]
NYT: Opioid Prescriptions Rates Drop, Fatal Overdoses Rise
Ķvlog Note: Data is showing a drop in the number of opioid prescriptions, partly due to increased public attention, tighter […]
WP: If Most Mass Shooters Aren’t Mentally Ill, Why Push Better Treatment as the Answer?
Ķvlog Note: An absorbing piece that deconstructs the false link between mass shooters and the presence of serious mental health […]
Gains in Life Expectancy for Black Americans Tied to Lower Suicide and Homicide, Smoking, AIDS
Ķvlog Note: Yesterday’s Times looked at improved health and life expectancy among black Americans due in part to lower rates […]
Why We Need Mental Health Action, Not Mental Health Awareness
Ķvlog Note: Today’s postings are converging on a similar theme: “Because social realities cannot be divorced from mental ones, mental […]
Don’t Miss ‘One Night One Voice’, ‘Healing Voices’ Viewings in Your Area!
Ķvlog Note: Please come out and view ‘Healing Voices’ and be a part of an historic international ‘One Night, One […]
NYT: U.S. Suicide Rate Surges to a 30-Year High
Ķvlog Note: A very disturbing new federal report finds that suicide rates among nearly every age group have climbed over […]
NYC First Lady Announces “Today I Thrive, ” Sweeping MH Ad Campaign
Ķvlog Note: On April 11, NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray announced the launch of the “Today I Thrive” campaign, ads […]
Ovenight Suicide Prevention Walk in NYC on June 4
Ķvlog Note: Each year, 43,000 people complete suicide in the United States. That’s why the “Out of Darkness Ovenight Walk” […]
New Study Demonstrates Link Between Public Policy And Life Expectancy
Ķvlog Note: A new study shows that as drugs – particulalry opioids – and alcohol become more accessible, life expectancy […]
Equality and Cultural Competence in LGBT Health Care
Ķvlog Note: Despite legal gains made by the LGBT community in recent years, they are still marginalized within the realms […]