Archives for January 2013

Yoga May Have Positive Effects On Major Psychiatric Disorders, Including Depression, Schizophrenia, ADHD And Sleep Complaints Medical News Today  January […]

Latinos Lack Mental Health Treatment, Study Says By Kacy Capobres  Fox News Latino January 24, 2013   As the national debate […]

NYAPRS Note: This is a defining moment for our work and our field, in the midst of the most fundamental […]

Senator Parker Addresses Mental Health Issues In New York State Parker Introduces a Legislative Package Addressing the Needs of the […]

NYAPRS Note: Yesterday’s NYAPRS Albany Legislative Day drew 700 enthusiastic mental health advocates from across New York to share their […]

Optum/NYAPRS Relief Effort Aids Displaced Adult Home Residents January 29, 2013   Thanks to a timely donation, emergency support is […]

Thursday, January 31, 2013  3:00 to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time The Use of Medications in Recovery-Oriented Practice FEATURING  Ron Diamond, […]

Acting Commissioner’s Message by Kristin M. Woodlock, OMH Acting Commissioner This year, the Acting Commissioner’s Message will focus on people […]

NYAPRS Note: Here’s the final schedule for tomorrow’s NYAPRS LegislativeDay in Albany. Please see below for parking information. See you […]

NYAPRS Note: Does anyone really understand how healthcare reform is unfolding in New York with the emerging system of HMOs, […]

Successful and Schizophrenic By Elyn R. Saks  New York Times  January 25, 2013 THIRTY years ago, I was given a […]

NYAPRS Note: At tomorrow’s NYAPRS Legislative Day, among the many questions hundreds of New Yorkers with psychiatric disabilities will be […]

NYAPRS Note: Thanks to an agreement with Open Minds, NYAPRS has been able to share a regular stream of timely […]

Budget Hole Seen After Loss of Aid More than $1 Billion in Federal Medicaid Funding Could Be Lost After Costs […]

NYAPRS Note: The NYAPRS Public Policy Committee has finalized our 2013-4 State Budget and Legislative Agenda, which will be advanced […]

NYAPRS Note: Yesterday, state legislative leaders announced the appointment of each house’s respective mental health committee chairs. The new Assembly […]

NYAPRS Note: Between 2008-11, 6 health home-like pilots were operated under grants from the NYS Department of Health. The following […]

NYAPRS Note: Yesterday, we shared Mike Hogan’s very thoughtful testimony at the Senate committee hearing on mental health services in […]

NYAPRS Note: While the articles below provide some of the telling points make yesterday in a Senate hearing on our […]

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NYAPRS Note: Following is a copy of Mike Hogan’s testimony today at the Senate HELP committee hearing on mental health. […]

After Shootings, Some States Rethink Deep Cuts To Mental Health Care, Consider More Spending By Associated Press  January 23, 2013 […]

NYAPRS Note: View morning’s live televised coverage of a Senate hearing on the US mental health system at http://www.capitolhearings.org/Hearing/SSHR00201301241000/dirksen430.aspx   […]

NYAPRS Note: Please see the press release below announcing two (2) Request for Applications from SAMHSA’s Statewide Consumer Network Grant […]

NYAPRS Note: The purpose of the BRSS TACS Policy Academy Awards is to assist State, Territory, and Tribal Government substance […]

NYAPRS Note: A thoughtful piece by Philadelphia’s Commissioner Arthur Evans, urging for the kind of flexibility and focus on outreach, […]

NYAPRS Note: Here’s more information about certain provisions aligned with yesterday’s release of the Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed 2013-4 state […]

NYAPRS Note: In the flurry of recent media coverage in the wake of recent tragedies that are being associated with […]

NYAPRS Note: A revised version based on recent clarifications. NYAPRS NYS 2013-4 Budget Highlights January 22, 2013 No Community Cuts […]

NYAPRS Note: A revised version based on recent clarifications.   NYAPRS NYS 2013-4 Budget Highlights                               January 22, 2013   No […]

NYAPRS Note: Two thoughtful pieces in the Glens Falls (just south of the Adirondacks) daily.   State Can’t Be Inside […]

Medicaid Expansion Promotes Boost In MH Care, Economy Mental Health Weekly  January 22, 2013 View this newsletter online at wileyonlinelibrary.com […]

NYAPRS Note: This week, 2 Congressional hearings will look at strategies to boost the nation’s mental health services, in keeping […]

NYAPRS Note: New York joins most other states in looking for federal funding support to make our ACA related healthcare […]

NYAPRS Note: Today’s New York Times online ‘Room for Debate’ page focuses on ‘Guns, Safety and Mental Health:  Can changes […]

Please note the correction in the date of the webinar. Our apologies forany confusion. The correct date of this exciting […]

NYAPRS Note: Does anyone really understand how healthcare reform isunfolding in New York with the emerging system of HMOs, BHOs […]

NYAPRS Note:  January 21, 2013 will mark the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday. Dr. Martin Luther King […]

Mass Murder: Is There a Mental Health Issue? By Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W.  Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University Schools of Social […]

Experts: NY Gun Law Could Deter Mentally Ill From Seeking Treatment By Dr. Susan Berry Breitbart.Com  January 16, 2013   Mental health […]

NYAPRS Note: Consumer, family and provider groups join together in the article below to share concerns about the impact of […]

Obama’s Gun Violence Measures: Would They Work? By Allison Brennan, CNN   January 16, 213   Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama […]

Call with Secretary Sebelius TODAY 2:30pm ET – Next steps after Sandy Hook   Colleagues:   Following President Obama’s announcement […]

Now Is the Time: The President’s Plan to Protect our Children and our Communities by Reducing Gun Violence THE WHITE […]

NYAPRS Note: In reaction to suggestions by some that linkages between violence and mental illnesses could be best addressed by […]

NYAPRS Note: Here’s NYAPRS preliminary 2013 NYS budget and legislative advocacy agenda, as developed by our NYAPRS Public Policy Committee. […]

NYAPRS Note: Today’s papers take an analytical view of NY’s new gun control law’s impact on people with mental health […]

Culturally appropriate mental health services are needed     Hilda Rosario-Escher, President and CEO of the Ibero-American Action League in […]

Vermont Recovery Coach Academy offers comprehensive, integrated peer support training   NYAPRS Note: This special invitation comes courtesy of Patty […]

Let’s Stop Blaming The Mentally Ill By Lollie Bulter  Arizona Daily Star  January 15, 2013 There is a bloody war […]

Focus on Obamacare Delays Mental Health Law By Kyle Cheney  Politico  January 15, 2013   Mental health advocates say a […]

NYAPRS Note: The following announcement comes from the New York State Psychiatric Institute’s Center for Excellence for Cultural Competence.   […]

NYAPRS Note: Forged in the crucible of media, policy maker and the gun control lobby’s linkages between several recent violent […]

A Language Access Planning Tool for Courts NYAPRS Note: One of the most essential steps towards the elimination of racial […]

NYAPRS Note: Some very timely and personal comments from the ‘Godfather’ of psychiatric rehabilitation, our beloved Bill Anthony.I meant to […]

Obamacare will extend health insurance to 32 million Americans. Here’s who they are. President Obama’s signature health-care law is expected […]

Rep. Blackburn ‘Astounded’ By Level Of Violence In ‘Call Of Duty’ Video Game By Alicia M. Cohn – The Hill   January 13, […]

NYAPRS Note: Many Americans describe the great benefits of taking psychiatric medications….but there is reason to consider some instances when […]

NYAPRS Note: A very timely on target message from Mental Health America’s new CEO, Wayne Lindstrom.   Opposing view: Don’t […]

Health And Human Services Announces 106 New Accountable Care Organizations (Acos) In Medicare, Including Three Serving NY Patients January 11, […]

TODAY – SPECIAL SESSION OF NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY   Friday, January 11, 2013 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, ET […]

WWW.INTEGRATEDCARERESOURCECENTER.COM A joint technical assistance project of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office and the Center […]

NYAPRS Note: The Albany Times Union printed an OP ED this morning that I had titled “Invest in Cuomo’s Mental […]

As someone with lived experience of serious mental illness, I know that when I’ve been recognized for my struggles and […]

Free Webinar  Peer Specialists in Rural Communities:  Promoting Community Inclusion January 24, 2013 / 2:00 – 3:30 PM   Greetings, […]

New Disability Status Report Cornell University’s Employment and Disability Institute (EDI) will host a free online webinar on Friday, January […]

WHAM: Eight Weeks to Whole Health through Peer Support Groups Date:  January 15, 2013, 2-3:30pm Eastern Presenters: Larry Fricks, Senior […]

Did you know that recipients of benefits administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA)  are required by March 1, 2013 […]

  A (Health) Home Run: Operationalizing Behavioral Health Homes Date: January 18, 2013, 2:00 – 3:30 pm EST Webinar Presenters: […]

Forced Mental Health Treatment Wrong By Janet Van Tassel  OP-ED The Hartford Courant  January 7, 2013   In the past […]

NYAPRS Note: Here’s a very timely message from OMH’s wonderful Acting Commission Kristin Woodlock.   Acting Commissioner’s Message by Kristin […]

NYAPRS Note: The following comes to us from NYAPRS NYC leader Carla Rabinowitz, who writes that “due to Hurricane Sandy, […]