NYAPRS Note: Here’s a copy of the testimony that NYAPRS’ Public Policy Director Briana Gilmore just delivered so very well, […]
Archives for February 2015
eNews Bulletin Updates
Gov Cuomo Announces Combat Heroin, Prescription Abuse Awareness Campaign
Governor Cuomo Announces Next Phase of Statewide Combat Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Campaign New York State; 2/17/2015 […]
HP: Dying to be Free; Chronicling Heroin Addiction and Treatment in the US
NYAPRS Note: The story below captures two chapters of a lengthy project from Huffington Post chronicling the story of how […]
Housing, Criminal Justice Issues Top NYAPRS 2015 Agenda
NYAPRS Note: The following NYAPRS news release that featured comments from our Board members offers a companion to today’s e-news […]
AP: NY Mental Health Advocates Say More Housing Is Needed
NYAPRS Note: Yesterday, Albany turned green as almost 700 NYAPRS-led mental health advocates donning green hats nearly filled the Egg’s […]
NYC’s Chirlane McCray: How We Will Shatter the Stigma of Mental Illness
NYAPRS Note: As NYC First Lady increasingly becomes a champion for mental health community members, she promotes solutions to complex […]
Executive Seminar Program Details Online: Register Today for the 11th Annual NYAPRS Spring Event! (2)
NYAPRS Note: Have you seen the lineup? NYAPRS is pleased to provide full program details for our upcoming 11th Annual […]
Over 700 Expected at Tomorrow’s NYAPRS Legislative Day; Correction on Prescriber Prevails
NYAPRS Note: Over 700 dedicated mental health system and self-advocates are coming to Albany tomorrow to brave cold conditions along […]
NYAPRS Hiring in Peer Service Division
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is hiring! Please see below for three open positions in our peer service division and apply via […]
OMH: Preventing Restraint and Seclusion – Website to Promote Positive Therapeutic Environments
NYAPRS Note: NYS OMH has just released a website dedicated to preventing the use of restraint and seclusion in facilities. […]
MIA: We Must Do Better than Forced Treatment – Letter to the Mother of a “Schizophrenic”
NYAPRS Note: Particularly in light of the Bazelon Center’s plea to respond to the NY Times op-ed supporting a return […]
Passion will Warm Albany This Week! Housing, Criminal Justice Issues Top NYAPRS’ 2015 Advocacy (2)
Yes, thank you Steve. We removed it in the materials but missed it on the agenda. We will make a […]
Salzar: Beware Return to “Asylums”
NYAPRS Note: Below, the voice of powerful advocates offers an alternative view to the call for a return to psychiatric […]
Sample Letter: Fight Back Against Regressive Media Coverage!
NYAPRS Note: Please take action today! Here’s a letter that our Recovery Now coalition sent last week. I’ll be in […]
Passion will Warm Albany This Week! Housing, Criminal Justice Issues Top NYAPRS’ 2015 Advocacy
In the midst of winter, advocates from across the state are gearing up to come to Albany once again to […]
Alert: Fight Back Against Regressive Media Coverage!
NYAPRS Note: These are indeed very challenging times as articles have appeared in the last few weeks in both the […]
Program Details Now Available for NYAPRS Executive Seminar! (3)
NYAPRS is very pleased to provide full program details for our upcoming 11th Annual Executive Seminar on Systems Transformation, Tuesday […]
NYAPRS Releases Finalized Legislative Day Materials
Advocates from across the state are gearing up to come to Albany once again to participate in NYAPRS’ Annual Legislative […]
JW: Transition of FEGS Programs Moving Quickly
NYAPRS Note: The following piece provides some update as to what will happen to the programs that FEGS, one of […]
Harvard PH Review: Murphy Bill Strips Rights Rather than Improves Care
NYAPRS Note: The following recently published article in the Harvard Public Health Review evaluates legislation proposed last year by Rep. […]
SAMHSA Releases 5 Point Plan to Improve the Nation’s Mental Health
Five Point Plan to Improve the Nation’s Mental Health By: Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration […]
NYT: Newtown Panel Recommends Prevention, Not Outpatient Commitment
NYAPRS Note: The conclusions in the long-awaited report from the Connecticut state commission offering recommendations in the wake of the […]
1 Week to NYAPRS Albany Legislative Day: Agenda, Schedule, Buses that Need Advocates
NYAPRS Note: In just one week, over 600 mental health self and system advocates will once again come to Albany […]
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. NYAPRS Note: Starkly missing from all of the […]
HP: Hunt Suicide Prevention Act Signed Into Law, President Obama Proclaims, “The Stigma Has to End”
President Obama Signs the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Act: ‘The Stigma Has to End…’ Huffington Post; Dorian de Wind, 2/13/2015 […]
Advocates Launch New Recovery Now! Campaign to Advance Recovery-Focused MH Care: Join Today!
NYAPRS Note: Starkly missing from all of the public debate and public policy proposals to fix our broken mental health […]
HMA Webinar: Culturally Responsive Health Care and the Federally Mandated CLAS Standards
NYAPRS Note: Health care providers, particularly in NY but certainly across the country, are managing new expectation, building relationships with […]
Vulnerability and Self-Empowerment Through Yoga
NYAPRS Note: Through the power of surrender, blogger and NYAPRS supporter writes of transformation away from numbness and toward vulnerability […]
SAMHSA American Indian/Alaska Native Culture Card
American Indian/Alaska Native Culture Card In 2009 SAMHSA developed the American Indian/Alaska Native Culture Card “…to provide basic information […]
Crains’: SHIN-NY is Promising, but Frustrating, Too
NYAPRS Note: The uniform state health information sharing program rolled out this year could enable providers to share information seamlessly […]
Program Details Now Available for NYAPRS Executive Seminar!
NYAPRS is very pleased to provide full program details for our upcoming 11th Annual Executive Seminar on Systems Transformation, Tuesday […]
MHW: SAMHSA 2016 Budget Hikes Early Intervention, Workforce, Vets, Homeless Services
NYAPRS Note: Attention has turned to how mental health services have fared in the recently released 2016 budget proposal by […]
WNYC: Reading, Writing, and Psychotherapy: When Schools Step In
Reading, Writing and Psychotherapy: When Schools Step In WNYC; Cindy Rodriguez, 2/3/2015 Inside her pink bedroom, Olivia Ingles stood […]
Cheap Shots, Personal Attacks at Murphy Mental Health Services Hearing: Earley
NYAPRS Note: Wednesday’s Congressional hearing on the implications of a Government Accountability Office report finding that “interagency coordination for (federal) […]
Program Details Now Available for NYAPRS Executive Seminar! (2)
NYAPRS is very pleased to provide full program details for our upcoming 11th Annual Executive Seminar on Systems Transformation, Tuesday […]
Free Web Seminar: The NYS Peer Specialist Certification Process, on 3/2/15
NYAPRS Note: Join the free web seminar advertised below to learn more about the NYS Peer Certification Process, which is […]
A Fair Shot for Workers With Disabilities
NYAPRS Note: The below article is a thorough look at the economic issues facing persons with disabilities; from transportation and […]
45k Suicides Annually Linked to Unemployment
NYAPRS Note: Studies into not only the mortality indexes surrounding unemployment but also other health factors such as weight gain, […]
One Size Does Not Fit All: Closing the Mental Health Disparities for African American Communities, STAR Center Webinar 2/24
NYAPRS Note: The STAR Center continues to promote effective policy and programming that navigates cultural competence in behavioral healthcare. Join […]
NYT: Increase in Budget for Rikers is Applauded
Increase in Budget for Rikers Is Applauded New York Times; Michael Schwirtz and Michael Winerip, 2/10/2015 Mayor Bill de Blasio’s […]
New Howie the Harp Initiative: Prep Course for Acadamy of Peer Services Exams
NYAPRS Note: Please see the note below from the Community Access Howie the Harp program, offering a new initiative to […]
Crain’s: OASAS to Publish Drug Center Performance
NYAPRS Note: New York State is ahead of the curve on promoting transparency within its provider sector. Publishing performance data […]
Inmate Peer Suport Helps Justice-Involved Women Get Back on Track
Inmate Peer Support Program Helps Justice-Involved Women Get Back on Track inforum; Meredith Holt, 2/7/2015 Jenenne Guffey’s job has […]
Teen’s Death in Police Stattion Highlights Rift Between Cops and Community, Need for CIT
NYAPRS Note: The article below—though poor in its lack of person-centered and trauma informed language—highlights the need for improved relationships […]
Hearing Voices Network of the Lower Hudson Valley, 2/18 @1PM
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is proud to be partnering with the Hearing Voices Network of the Lower Hudson Valley to offer […]
Social Security Extending Office Hours Around Country
After Years of Cuts, Social Security to Extend Office Hours Baltimore Sun; John Fritze, 1/22/2015 Facing an aging population […]
NYC Training for NYAPRS Team Leaders on 2/20 for Albany Legislative Day on 2/25
NYAPRS Note: Are you ready to ‘Get on the Bus’ for the 18th Annual NYAPRS Legislative Day on February 25? […]
Featured Speakers Announced for NYAPRS April 14-15 Executive Seminar! (2)
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased that Michael Hogan, Paul Samuels, Chuck Ingoglia, Chacku Mathai, Patrick Gauthier and John Coppola […]
Alert: Urge Your Congress Member to Co-Sponsor the TIME Act!
NYAPRS Note: Act on Congress NOW to urge your member to co-sponsor the TIME Act, and eliminate the ability of […]
US Mental Health Policy Rises to the Fore in 2015
NYAPRS Note: Mental health reform in the US become a subject of even greater discussion in 2015 in the nation’s […]
iNAPS: ‘I Don’t Want to Work’ – Personal Recovery Goals in a Planning Process
NYAPRS Note: The story below is an excellent example of how we can focus person-centered planning on the values of […]
WNYC: In Foster Care, Treating the Trigger
In Foster Care, Treating the Trigger WNYC; Cindy Rodriguez, 2/4/2015 Research suggests that abuse, abandonment and neglect can change the […]
CNY: More Details about FEGS
NYAPRS Note: The entire nonprofit community remains shocked about the recent announcement that the Federation of Education and Guidance Services […]
WNYC: Respite From the Storm
NYAPRS Note: WNYC continues to profile mental health system changes in NYC, and today focuses on the Parachute respite center […]
HP: How Mindfulness is Revolutionizing Mental Health Care
How Mindfulness Is Revolutionizing Mental Health Care The Huffington Post; Carolyn Gregoire, 1/23/2015 More than 350 million people globally suffer from […]
R U There? Texting, Crisis, and Re-learning Therapeutic Communication in the New Yorker
NYAPRS Note: The piece below is long, but worth the read, particularly for those treating youth and transition-age youth, or […]
New Assembly Speaker Heastie Announces Leadership, Committee Chair Posts
NYAPRS Note: New NYS Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced the following leadership positions and committee chairs. NYAPRS is pleased to […]
Featured Speakers Announced for NYAPRS April 14-15 Executive Seminar!
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased that Michael Hogan, Paul Samuels, Chuck Ingoglia, Chacku Mathai, Patrick Gauthier and John Coppola […]
ACA Offers BH Services to AI/AN Communities
Affordable Care Act Offers Behavioral Health Services to AI/AN Communities HHS; Pamela Hyde, 2/3/2015 Access to health care coverage […]
WNYC: Voices From Inside; Solitary Confinement and the Mental Health Sysytem
NYAPRS Note: WNYC will be profiling areas of mental health reform for the remainder of this week. Their article detailing […]
NC: ASylum or Warehouse?
NYAPRS Note: Many of our readers will have seen the JAMA article—or at least its rebuttals—called ‘Bring Back the Asylum’. […]
OMH News: NYS Budget, Employment and Yoga
NYAPRS Note: Please note in particular some details around how OMH and DOH are continuing to enhance multi-year community service […]
Obama’s 16 Budget Cuts Medicare, Eliminates Sequestration
NYAPRS Note: The Medicare cuts in President Obama’s proposed 2016 budget are based in a prioritization of outpatient over hospital […]
Medicaid Hearing Looks to DOH Goals of Cutting Costs and Improving Care
NYAPRS Note: The two articles below highlight yesterday’s State Medicaid legislative hearing, in which testimonies discussed DSRIP, the Basic Health […]
9:30AM Today! Kennedy, Satcher State of the Union in Mental Health and Addiction Webcast
NYAPRS Note: Join this morning at 9:30 for a special State of the Union Address for Mental Health and Addiction […]
BH Merger in Talks, Feasibility of Combining OMH and OASAS Reviewed
Behavioral Health Merger in Talks; Leaders Study Feasibility of Combining Mental Health, Substance Abuse Offices Times Union; Rick Karlin, 1/31/2015 […]
In Alzheimer’s Cases, Financial Ruin and Abuse Lurking
NYAPRS Note: This article uses a popular film to look into issues like assisted suicide, financial planning, and family dynamics […]
Chirlane McCray Talks Family MH Struggles, Public Health Plan for NYC
NYAPRS Note: The Mayor’s office, in planning with NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray and her daughter Chiara, are planning a […]
Severe Depression Linked with Inflammation in Brain
NYAPRS Note: The link between inflammation and markers for depression in brain studies has not only raised questions of anti-inflammatories […]