Turning Distress into Joy, Part V and Final: Meaning & Transcendence Mad in America; James Scroeder, PhD, 10/15/2014 It was […]
eNews Bulletin Updates
Buffalo Letter: Seniors Need Access to Psychiatric Care
NYAPRS Note: This brief letter to the editor from Western NY highlights a systemic problem in the nation’s care of […]
CHCS Webinar: Demos to Improve Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries
Upcoming Webinar: Demonstrations to Improve Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: State Perspectives on Year 1 CHCS Webinar funded by The Commonwealth […]
VAP Exception for 1915i Providers Extended to 10/24, New Form Available Tomorrow
NYAPRS Note: The below awaited news from DOH offers revised guidance regarding the VAP exception form for DSRIP-involved providers; a […]
Medicaid ADHD Treatment Under Scrutiny
NYAPRS Note: The below article is filtered through an at times convoluted paradigm, but the information within is worth investigating. […]
SAMHSA Releases Strategic Plan 2015-18
SAMHSA Announces FY 2015 – 2018 Strategic Plan “Leading Change 2.0: Advancing the Behavioral Health of the Nation” SAMHSA Press […]
NYT: With EHR, Doctors Read When They Should Talk
With Electronic Medical Records, Doctors Read When They Should Talk New York Times; Abigail Zuger, 10/13/2014 Will history someday show […]
OMH Announces $5.5m in New Allocations for Hudson Valley, Long Island
NYAPRS Note: The NYS Office of Mental Health has released details as to how $5.55 million in funds have been […]
HHC Gets Grant to Focus on Clients
NYAPRS Note: HHC—the nation’s largest hospital system—will use a one-year grant to improve internal culture around person-centeredness. Though the below […]
Disabled American Veterans Report Reveals Gaps in Women Veteran Services
NYAPRS Note: Thanks to the Veterans Mental Health Coalition of NYC for sharing news of the recent report from Disabled […]
Reimagining Children’s Mental Health Services: Prepare for the Future with OMH and CTAC
The New York State Office of Mental Health and the Community Technical Assistance Center of New York are […]
MHA Webinar: The Role of Community Inclusion in Improving BH Care
The Role of Community Inclusion in Improving Behavioral Health Care Register for this free webinar from Mental Health America! http://takeaction.mentalhealthamerica.net/site/R?i=kWuplsziwlFaBfCp9GHovw […]
Save the Date for NYAPRS 5th Annual PROS Academy!
New York State Office of Mental Health and the NYAPRS Collective present their 5th Annual PROS Implementation Academy Building the Recovery […]
NYPD Criminalization of Mental Health: CIT May be Solution
NYAPRS Note: ‘The Nation’ deepens their exploration of criminalization by looking into CIT and its potential impact in NYC, including […]
NYT: In This World Cup, the Goal is a Better Life
NYAPRS Note: In NY and other cities across the world, peers use soccer to engage people experiencing homelessness and work […]
Why Use Prisons to Treat Mental Health?
NYAPRS Note: ‘The Nation’ is investing in advocacy strategies to highlight the criminalization of community members. See below for ways […]
Community Treatment Orders: Politics and Psychiatry in a Culture of Fear
NYAPRS Note: Another article about the UK MH system offers insights into our own history of involuntary community treatment and […]
HP: College MH Service Access and Involuntary Removal from Campus
Using College Mental Health Services Can Lead To Students Getting Removed From Campus Huffington Post; Tyler Kingkade, 10/8/2014 Rachel Williams […]
MIA: Rap Embraces Schizophrenia and Owns It: Culture and Violent Oppression
NYAPRS Note: At times, it seems that the advocacy needed to fulfill cultural competency in mental health treatment is insurmountable. […]
MRLC Today on Housing Options in MC with Peter Campanelli
NYAPRS Note: Haven’t registered for today’s MRLC on Housing with Peter Campanelli? We are pleased to have Peter Campanelli share […]
OM: Do You Want “Granular” Control Over Your Health Record?
NYAPRS Note: It seems to be the buzz word of the season: “granular”. When talking about healthcare data, though, what […]
NC Cuts Prison Time for Probation Violators, and Costs
NYAPRS Note: Innovative approaches to criminal justice go beyond initial diversion; reinvestments to deter recidivism can reduce the financial and […]
Expansion Dim for VA Caregiver Program
Expansion Dim for VA Caregiver Program Albuquerque Journal; Tom Philpott, 10/6/2014 For older generations of spouses, mothers and other […]
MLTC Relative Success, Though Questions Remain
NYAPRS Note: Though the premise of the below article is the relative success of NY’s Managed Long Term Care model, […]
NYT: Doctors Find Barriers to Sharing Digital Medical Records
NYAPRS Note: Despite state efforts to integrate data sharing systems and create minimum parameters, EHRs remain largely incumbent upon private […]
MIA Film Festival 10/9-12
NYAPRS Note: Mad in America’s first International Film Festival will take place in Arlington, MA this week, October 9-12. Visit […]
NYT: A Couple Gaining Independence, and Finding a Bond
NYAPRS Note: This isn’t the typical news story about a closed institution. Many such exposes discuss a (very real) lack […]
WHAM Grads Talk Outcomes, Funding for Peer Programs in 10/6 Webinar
NYAPRS Note: Don’t forget—register today for the opportunity to hear WHAM graduates give feedback, discuss outcomes, and offer advice on […]
Medicare Fines 2, 610 Hospitals in Third Round of Readmission Penalties
NYAPRS Note: In the top 5 states with the most percentage of hospitals fined is NY, with a total of […]
CA Law Gives Workers Paid Sick Time
NYAPRS Note: Several states are moving in the direction of offering mandatory paid sick time for workers that don’t receive […]
US Children Diagnosed Bipolar 72x More than Kids in UK
NYAPRS Note: In a little reported study this summer, researchers revealed that in the first cross-national study of pediatric diagnostic […]
Save the Date for the 5th Annual PROS Academy!
New York State Office of Mental Health and the NYAPRS Collective present their 5th Annual PROS Implementation Academy Building the Recovery […]
Cuomo Tells Agency Heads to Hold Spending Amid Surplus
NYAPRS Note: Amid speculation that Cuomo may use $4b in legal settlement surplus to invest in state reforms in 2016, […]
More than 1/2 Killed by SF Police have MH Diagnosis
NYAPRS Note: The accounts in the article below are so graphically written I found them difficult to read. But the […]
Edye Schwartz to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from MHA Westchester
NYAPRS Note: The following comes to via the MHA of Westchester. They’re giving our own Edye Schwartz their highest honor, […]
NYC NYAPRS Forum 10/7 and Save the Date for LI and Hudson Valley (2)
NYAPRS Note: Join us next Tuesday, 10/7, in Brooklyn for our NYC fall regional forum! Hear the latest about changes […]
OM: MH Market Reaches 44m, $147b in Annual Spending
NYAPRS Note: This Open Minds feature from the spring still offers predictive and relevant market information for behavioral health reform, […]
NYC NYAPRS Forum 10/7 and Save the Date for LI and Hudson Valley
NYAPRS Note: Join us next Tuesday, 10/7, in Brooklyn for our NYC fall regional forum! Hear the latest about changes […]
MRLC on 10/8; Peter Campanelli on Housing Options
NYAPRS Note: Join us next Wednesday for a Medicaid Redesign Learning Collaborative webinar on housing. We are pleased to have […]
WHAM Grads Discuss Peer Delivered Implementation and Outcomes in NC Webinar
NYAPRS Note: Just a couple days left to register for this free webinar from the National Council highlighting graduates of […]
MIA: Don’t Reframe a Housing Crisis as a MH Crisis
NYAPRS Note: The below MIA article summarizes an open letter written by the Vancouver Community of Drug Users to their […]
CMS Revises ‘Meaningful Use’ Criteria for Electronic Records
NYAPRS Note: Understanding electronic health records and the ways physicians check and share valuable information about clients is becoming increasingly […]
Lack of MH Education Constrains Nurses, Reproduced Stigma
NYAPRS Note: Problems facing the national health system in the UK mirror ours in the US in some striking ways. […]
Waiving Regulations for Integrated Care in DSRIP
NYAPRS Note: The state’s ability to modify regulations or state agency requirements under a new delivery system shows a promising […]
Solitary Confinement to End for Adolescents at Rikers Island
Solitary Confinement to End for Youngest at Rikers Island New York Times; Michael Schwirtz, 9/28/2014 Although experts have spoken […]
Exciting Changes in Iowa Resemble NY’s Experiment in Regional Organizing
NYAPRS Note: Regional organization in Iowa may not be at the behest of DSRIP, but the way they are preparing […]
SAMHSA: New TIP Addresses Trauma and Behavioral Health Services
NYAPRS Note: Download or order your free copy of SAMHSA new Treatment Improvement Protocol on trauma-informed care. Visit SAMHSA […]
NYT: A Father’s Last Wish, and a Daughter’s Anguish
NYAPRS Note: The heartbreaking and beautifully written article below details a not unfamiliar story. I’m sure that all of us […]
‘Can’ Offers an Illuminating Look at Recovery and Culture
Last week’s NYAPRS conference featured all of the best we seek to offer to the 650 attendees who were present….a […]
Call for Proposals: NYC 2015 Peer Specialist Conference
Call for Proposals New York City’s Ninth Annual Peer Specialists Conference At New York University’s Kimmel Center Thursday, July 23, […]
NYT: Tougher Than They Look; Resilience and Well-being
NYAPRS Note: When my graduate school professors discussed resilience, it always bothered me. Decades of looking for tools to measure […]
CPI Radio on Peer Supported Economic Empowerment
NYAPRS Note: Follow the link below to hear Peggy Swarbrick and Oscar Jimenez-Soloman discuss economic empowerment. This issue is key […]
NASMHPD: Peer Provider Workforce Enhancement through Recruitment, Supervision, and Retention
NYAPRS Note: The attached document is an examination of current practices in recruiting, retaining, and managing peer support specialists in […]
The Personal is the Political: Reflections on an Advocacy Journey
NYAPRS Note: In what many conference attendees remarked was the best keynote address they had ever heard, Leah Harris detailed […]
OASAS, DOH Introduce Website to Combat Heroin Use
NYAPRS Note: Visit the new website — http://combatheroin.ny.gov/ — to learn more about prevention and how to get help for […]
MRLC: Housing Options and Managed Care with Peter Campanelli
NYAPRS Note: We hope you enjoyed the 32nd Annual NYAPRS Conference! It was filled with not only the latest information […]
NYS BH Providers Make Presentation to DSRIP Performing Provider Systems
NYAPRS Note: Yesterday, a group representing an array of NYS behavioral health advocacy associations made a presentation to DSRIP Performing […]
CMS Aims to Reduce Antipsychotic Use in Nursing Homes
CMS Announces National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care Exceeds Goal to Reduce Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Nursing Homes AP; […]
Healing Therapies Used in Trauma Counseling Target Physical Response
The Drumbeat Begins to Change in Mental Health Counseling Buffalo News; Scott Scanlon, 9/22/2014 I’ve interviewed dozens of mental health […]
NC: Feedback from WHAM Graduates, Outcomes, and Sustaining Funding for a Peer Program
NYAPRS Note: Learn more about Whole Health Action Management from graduates putting it into practice. Register for free below: […]
NYS Releases Provider Manual for HCBS Designation, Implementation for HARPs
NYAPRS Note: We are pleased to announce that OMH, OASAS, and DOH have released a manual that will serve as […]
Upstate Forums for MCO Technical Assistance Announced by State Agencies
OMH, OASAS, and DOH Announce Upstate BH Medicaid Managed Care Kick-Off Forums 9/19/2014; http://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/News/2014/upstate-kickoffs-announce.pdf The New York State Office […]
NYAPRS NYC Fall Forum – Save the Date! 10/7 at Brooklyn Borough Hall
NYAPRS Note: In the NYC area? Join us for our fall regional forum on 10/7! Hear the most recent news […]
OK in Pursuit of Breakthroughs in MH Strategies
NYAPRS Note: As hundreds of us convened in the Hudson Valley last week to celebrate and promote recovery at the […]
Capital Tonight Highlights Cuomo Order on Employment for People w Disablities
NYAPRS Note: Here’s some televised coverage about Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order regarding employment for People with disabilities. See Liz Benjamin’s […]
DSRIP Alert: DOH Releases List of 1915.i Providers Eligible to Get DSRIP Safety Net Status
DOH Releases List of Potential 1915.i Providers That Will Be Considered DSRIP Safety Net Providers OMH to Release 1915.i […]
Cuomo Signs Employment First Executive Order Establishing Commission to Craft Policy
NYAPRS Note: We are excited to share the below announcement. Employment for New Yorkers with disabilities is the pathway out […]
1/4 of ACOs Save Enough to Earn Bonuses
NYAPRS Note: ACOs are the federal government’s most notable attempt at shared savings organizations that incentivize integration and improved care. […]
SAMHSA: Report Reveals Scope of Substance Use, Diagnoses, Treatment Impacting US
Report Reveals the Scope of Substance Use and Mental Illness Affecting the Nation SAMHSA; Press Release, 9/4/2014 A new […]
Stay Connected with NYAPRS on Facebook and Twitter, Join our “Like” Competition
Stay connected with NYAPRS! In addition to our daily eNews bulletin, follow NYAPRS on Twitter and Facebook Twitter: @nyaprs Facebook: […]
Timely Access to Care Lacking for People with Mental Health Issues Charged for Crimes
Mentally Ill Charged With Crimes Lack Timely Access to Hospital Care The Seattle Times; Andy Mannix, 9/13/2014 Suffering from […]
How Walking, Cycling Improves Mental Health
NYAPRS Note: The article below about a new study offering the benefits of walking or cycling to and from work […]