E-News Bulletin Archives

2004 E-News Bulletin Archives

December

12/28/2004 NYSOMH Issues Alerts, Guidelines re Antidepressant Use in Children, Teens
12/28/2004 Capitolwire: Bruno Cites Funding Restorations, Timothys Law as Unfinished Priorities
12/28/2004 Jan. Fed. Guidelines Could Deny MH Services to Non-Medicaid Eligibles
12/27/2004 Knight: Stigma May Create Opportunities for Recovery
12/27/2004 Pioneer Clearinghouse has Long History of Effective Stigma-Busting
12/22/2004 Courant: CT Lt. Gov Proposes 'Big Reforms' for MH Services
12/22/2004 NYAPRS: Albany, Regional Forum Updates, '05 Conference Special Rates, Open Educator Posts
12/21/2004 Bazelon: Mental Health Hits & MIsses in 108th Congress
12/20/2004 NMHA Alert: Urge Leaders to Reject Medicaid Restructuring!
12/20/2004 LA Times: Medicare's Troubles May Be Sleeping Giant
12/20/2004 BBC: Improvements in MH services Have Cut Suicide Rates
12/20/2004 NYAPRS: 2005 Conference at the 2004 'One Price for All' Rates!
12/19/2004 MHW: Missouri's Psych Med Monitoring Pgm Improves Care, Saves $
12/19/2004 MHW: Study Finds Ritalin Use by Misdiagnosed May Lead to Adult Depression
12/19/2004 NHELP:Bush Expected to Propose Medicaid Block Grant
12/19/2004 WSJ Examines HHS Secretary Nominee Leavitt as Medicaid Reformer
12/19/2004 Times: NYS Legislature Considering Jan. 2005 'Backup Budget'
12/19/2004 Times: NYC Agrees to Stop Routinely Removing Children of Abused Parents
12/19/2004 NY Times Urges Passage of 'SHU Bill' to Permit 'Better Care for MI Inmates'
12/17/2004 CMHS Offers Consumer Scholarships for APA 2005 Conference
12/17/2004 SHNS: Possible Federal Medicaid Cuts Looming
12/17/2004 Soto: On-Line Cultural Competence Resources Web Link
12/17/2004 Indian Psychiatry Ass'n Hosts 'Going Beyond Realms of Psychopharmacology
12/17/2004 Bruno: NYS Senate To Return Next Week To Act On Budget Reform
12/15/2004 Hunger, Homelessness Still On the Rise in Major U.S. Cities
12/15/2004 USPRA Psych Rehab Certification Program Releases 2005 Test Dates
12/14/2004 MHA: Pennsylvania Governor Signs Advance MH Directives Law
12/13/2004 MHW: Study Shows Childhood Anxiety Can Lead to Eating Disorders
12/13/2004 Times: How the Justice System Criminalizes Mental Illness
12/13/2004 Globe: MA Governor's Proposal to Erode Parity Protections Decried
12/13/2004 MHW: Study Claims Cumulative Adulthood Trauma Worsens Elder Health
12/10/2004 Missouri Sees $7.7 Million in MH Medicaid Drug Savings
12/09/2004 AP: Congress Finds Medicaid Drug Costs Far Higher Than Pharmacy, Insurer Costs
12/08/2004 Star-News: Snake Pits? No, Cell Blocks
12/08/2004 TU: State Psychiatric Center Director Suspended
12/07/2004 Buff News: Medicaid's Rising Tax Burden vs Rising Service Costs
12/07/2004 MNT: Disabetics w/ Mental Disorders at Increased Risk for Complications
12/07/2004 Maio: No Such Thing as 'The Mentally Ill'
12/07/2004 AP: Medicare Presents New Drug Plan Coverage Map
12/06/2004 MH Advocates Urge Lawmakers, Governor to Restore Cuts; Cuts' Impact in NYC per Times
12/06/2004 Guardian: 70% of Inmates in Britain's Jails Have MH Disorders
12/06/2004 P&SB: Peer-Run MH Agency Facing Possible Ax
12/06/2004 USA Today: Iowa, Ohio Prisons See Inmate Suicide Spike
12/03/2004 TU: Assembly Joining Senate Next Week, Raising Hopes of Restorations, Legislation
12/03/2004 HHS Awards 3 States $5M in Work Demonstration for People w/ Psych Disabilities
12/03/2004 Times: Worried Colleges Step Up Efforts Over Suicide
12/03/2004 Fax DC re Section 8
12/02/2004 Journal: Employers, People w/ Mental Illness Must Find Compromise
12/02/2004 NYNP: Non Profits Boost Employee Criminal History Checks
12/02/2004 Times: NYS Facing Possible Deep Spending Cuts, Tax Increases
12/02/2004 Bloomberg Signs Law Enhancing Discharge Planning for City Inmates
12/01/2004 Newsday, Post: Panel's $14B School Spending Hike Will Stress NYS Budget
12/01/2004 HealthyPlace: EMDR Shown to be Important Trauma Treatment
12/01/2004 Post: Irish Officials Charges Gov't Ignores MH Needs Due to Stigma
12/01/2004 Enquirer: Mental Health Needs Outrun Coverage
12/01/2004 Herald Sun: Australians w/ Disabilities Told to Get Jobs
12/01/2004 Plebius Press: Canadian Researchers to Develop New Class of Anti-Psychotic Drugs

November

11/30/2004 HHS Awards $12.5 Million for Consumer & Family Networking Grants
11/30/2004 Times: Sorry, Your Eating Disorder Doesn't Meet Our Criteria
11/30/2004 HHS Awards $12.5 Million for Consumer & Family Networking Grants
11/29/2004 Journal-World: Response Mixed for New Fed Grants for 'Mentally Ill Offender Treatment'
11/29/2004 W Post:Mental Illness Sends Many to Foster Care
11/29/2004 Medicare Hikes Rates for Inpatient Mental Health, ECT
11/29/2004 MHASC Seeks 'Stories from the SHU
11/29/2004 AP: Nat Council on Disability Urges Strengthening of ADA
11/29/2004 NYC/NYS to Host Dec 14 PROS Presentation in Bklyn (English/Spanish)
11/28/2004 Times, Aggie: New Funding to Boost California County's MH Services by 25%
11/28/2004 Tribune: Research Suggests Scan May Detect Bipolar Disorder
11/28/2004 Mayo Clinic: Sorting Through the Warnings on Antidepressants
11/23/2004 NAMI: Congress' Spending Bill Constrains, Cuts MH Funding
11/23/2004 Report: NJ Warehousing Nonviolent Kids in Detention Centers
11/22/2004 Shooting Deaths Lead to Police Training in Wisconsin, Florida, Ohio
11/22/2004 W Post: Funding Cuts Swell Housing, Inpt, Shelter Waiting Lists
11/22/2004 MHW: Expert Makes Case for Integrated Care for Seniors
11/22/2004 L Gazette: Crowd Rallies for Timothy's Law Passage
11/22/2004 HHS Approves Maryland Plan To Allow Self-Directed Care by Individuals w/ Disabilities
11/19/2004 Ottaway, TLC: Advocates Rally for Timothy's Law Passage
11/19/2004 AP: NYC Homeless Rally for Renewal of State-City Housing
11/19/2004 AP, Times: Senate Seeks Medicaid Reform, Panel Urges Local Hospital Closings
11/19/2004 Alert: Call DC Today to Protest Disabled Student Proposal (IDEA)
11/18/2004 Freeman: Another NYS County to Sue Drugmakers for Inflating Medicaid Costs
11/18/2004 Daily: Doctors, Lawmakers Oppose Mandatory MH Tests for Kids
11/18/2004 Bazelon: Congress Convenes for 'Lame Duck' Session
11/18/2004 AP: Congress Approves Special Education (IDEA) Deal
11/18/2004 Study: Social Supports Often Trumps Genetic Factors In Promoting Resilence
11/17/2004 TLC, Freeman: Timothy's Law Supporters Rally Today, Advocate Completes 120 Mile Walk
11/17/2004 Pataki Continues to Press for Medicaid Preferred Drug Program
11/17/2004 NYS Legislators Not Expected to Restore Cuts This Week, Bruno Retains 'Firm Hold'
11/16/2004 Times-Herald: Medicaid Buy-In Plan Slowly Catching On
11/16/2004 Study: 3/5 of Women Inmates in MA Prison Have Psychiatric Disorders
11/12/2004 MWCAC to Sponsor Dec. 3 Harlem Mental Health Day
11/12/2004 NYS Announces $13 Million in New Adult Home Initiatives
11/12/2004 NYAPRS Regional Fall Forum in NYC; please note corrected time of event
11/11/2004 NYS OMH Releases RFP for Adult Home Case Manager/Peer Specialist Initiatives
11/11/2004 NYS Announces $13 Million in New Adult Home Initiatives
11/11/2004 Canadian Survey: 69% of Canadians w/ BiPolar Disorders are Working
11/11/2004 Nebraska Governor Cites Progress in Improving MH Services
11/11/2004 Bee: Sacramento Considering MH Crisis Teams After Fatal Police Response
11/10/2004 NYS Governor Signs Nursing Facility Transition and Diversion Waiver Law
11/10/2004 KLAS: Nevada County Seeks State Mental Health Funding Hike
11/10/2004 Star-Gazette: Chemung County to Sue Drugmakers Over Inflated Medicaid Costs
11/10/2004 TAC, NAMI: Urge Congress to Protect Section 8 Housing
11/09/2004 Advocates Rally for Parity, Homeless Housing Nov. 18 in Albany
11/09/2004 Nov 18 Art Auction to Benefit Urban Justice Center's MH Project
11/08/2004 Buffalo News, TU: Why Medicaid Is Breaking the Bank; County Taxes to Limit
11/08/2004 D&C: Why Medicaid Matters!
11/05/2004 TU: Lives Remade in Drug Court
11/05/2004 Study: Those with Personality Disorders Improve Naturally
11/05/2004 MPR: Disability Job Srvcs Do Better as a 'Labor Solution' not a Social Srcv.
11/05/2004 Tribune: Californians Approve Mental Health Windfall
11/05/2004 SAMHSA Awards $6.6 Million Grant to MHA of NYC's Suicide Prevention Hotline
11/05/2004 NYC DMHMH Hosts Nov 17 Open House for People w/ Disabilities
11/05/2004 Job: NYC DMH Ass't Commissioner DMH, Colorado We Can! Exec Dir
11/04/2004 Record: Watch That Sneeze...You Could Catch Schizophrenia!
11/04/2004 NYAPRS Releases State Advocacy/PROS Regional Forums Fall Schedule
11/04/2004 Reader: Indiana County Begins MH Jail Diversion Program
11/02/2004 Know Your Voting Rights! NAPAS to People w/ Mental Disabilities
11/02/2004 Use it or Lose it Today: Journal News
11/02/2004 OMH: Lieberman Named as New NYSPI Head
11/02/2004 Newsday Letter: Governor's Cuts Hurt Local Programs
11/02/2004 NYS Health Dep't Hosts Nov 9 Medicaid Buy-In Conference in Albany
11/02/2004 Bazelon: Acute MH Care Must Boost Crisis Diversion, Early Intervention Services
11/02/2004 USPRA Seeks Nominees for their Annual Awards
11/01/2004 Times: 'A Death in The Box'
11/01/2004 Westchester Peer Center Holds Election Night Event, Voter Drive
11/01/2004 AP: Senate Considering Nov-Dec Overrides, Deals w/ Governor
11/01/2004 Post-Standard: County Execs to Raise Heat on Local Medicaid Cost

October

10/29/2004 America's Forensic Mental Health Crisis: Detroit, Des Moines, Miami
10/29/2004 News-Journal: Advocates Lament Plight of Mentally Ill
10/29/2004 Herald: Federal Cuts Squeeze Housing for Mentally Ill
10/27/2004 AP: Missouri Judge Denies Vote to Mentally Ill Man
10/27/2004 AP: Experts Urge Care Dealing With Anorexics
10/27/2004 Morning News: Rights Groups Rebuke Mental Health Official
10/27/2004 Court Cites Montana Prison MH Treatment Failure
10/26/2004 Times: Bush Should Sign Bill Addressing Nation's Prison MH Crisis
10/26/2004 Michigan MH Commission Releases Final Report
10/26/2004 MedicalPost: Mental Illness Tied to Cancer Risk
10/26/2004 HHS Awards $230M for Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants
10/26/2004 HUD Announces $789M to Aid Low Income People w/ Disabilities & Elderly
10/25/2004 Gannett, Gazette: MH Advocates Call for Restoration of Funds
10/25/2004 Koerner: What Cutting Aid to Localities Really Means
10/25/2004 Journal News: Disabled Advocates Sue for Voting Rights
10/25/2004 Times-Dispatch: Virginia's Mental Health Services 'Not Good Enough'
10/25/2004 P. Times: Illinois Passes Controversial Child Screening Plan
10/25/2004 Journal-World: Recovery and the 'Healing Power of Spirituality' Conference
10/25/2004 Jobs: Clinton Co Dir of Community Svces; Minnesota Consumer Network ED
10/20/2004 Mathematica: National Medicaid Buy-In Update
10/20/2004 Governor Approves Nursing Home Transition/Diversion Medicaid Waiver Bill
10/20/2004 SSA: Social Security Beneficiaries to Get 2.7% Hike in 2005
10/20/2004 SAMHSA $5.3 Million Grants to Eliminate Restraint and Seclusion
10/20/2004 Post-Standard: MH Advocates Urge Restoration of Service Cuts
10/20/2004 AP: Indiana Drops Plan to Cut Psychiatric Care Payments
10/20/2004 HHS Awards $26 Million in Grants for Children's MH/SA State Infrastructure Dev.
10/19/2004 Groups Decry Mental Health, Call on Legislature, Governor to Preserve 'Lifelines'
10/19/2004 Call Albany Today to Urge Leaders to Restore Mental Health Cuts!
10/19/2004 Gannett: Disability Advocates Press for Nursing Home Medicaid Waiver, MISCC Results
10/19/2004 Social Security Overpaid Disabled Workers By $1 Billion Last Year: GAO
10/19/2004 C Prison Used To Increase Treatment Of Mentally Ill
10/19/2004 Ct Prison Used To Increase Treatment Of Mentally Ill
10/19/2004 Lilly: Center for Reintegration Taking Education Scholarship Applications
10/19/2004 Herald: Illinois County Gets Grant to Form Crisis Team
10/17/2004 Journal: Homeless Housing Demand Outstrips Supply
10/17/2004 Globe, AP: Millionaires' Mental Health Tax Gaining in California
10/15/2004 NYPR: Disability Advocates Blast 'Slow Progress' of the MISCC
10/15/2004 ClearView: Come to Legislative Candidates Albany Mental Health Forum
10/14/2004 At the Crossroads: NY's Most Integrated Setting Coordinating Council
10/13/2004 Post-Standard: Pataki Would Support Vetoed Programs in Return for Medicaid, Other Cuts
10/13/2004 Art of Healing Oct. 29-30 Kingston Conference Program
10/13/2004 P&SB: Tioga Lawmakers Hear Appeal for Mental Health Funding
10/13/2004 News: Greenville Launches New 'Crisis Stabilization' Initiative
10/12/2004 HHS $34 Million for Children's MH Initiatives Fund Albany, Buffalo Programs
10/12/2004 USPRA Launches First Audio Conference: PSR 101 on November 17
10/12/2004 Bazelon: Lawmakers Pass Mental Health/Criminal Justice Bill
10/11/2004 Maine Group: Better MH Treatment Avoids Jailings
10/11/2004 Chronicle: Mentally Ill Man Challenges Missouri over Right to Vote
10/11/2004 Daily News: Prison Time Futile to Heal Mentally Ill
10/11/2004 Morning News: Study Reveals Drug Misuse Among Kids on Medicaid
10/11/2004 Sun, Times: NYS, NJ Budget Crises Looming
10/08/2004 House Passes 'Mentally Ill Offender Treatment Bill', Bill Excerpts
10/08/2004 WTVO: llinois MH Officials Have Plan For Overcrowded Jails
10/08/2004 J.News: Rockland Co Jail Study Finds 16% Mentally Ill Prisoners; MHA Oct 20 Forum
10/08/2004 OMH Announces 7 Counties Will Begin PROS Implementation
10/08/2004 NYAPRS: Details Emerging about OMH $7.7 Million Aid to Localities Cut
10/06/2004 Jobs: Directors of NYAIL, National TA Consumer Group, NY Mental Hygiene Institute
10/06/2004 UR: Georgia State Hospital to Unveil New Monuments at Cemetary
10/05/2004 DOH: Providers Who Can't Meet Oct. 6 HIPAA Deadline Can Apply for Exception
10/05/2004 NYAPRS Reviews a Decade of Public Policy Organizing & Advocacy
10/05/2004 HHS Awards $31 Million to 31 States to Help Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults
10/04/2004 BBC: Groups Call for Holistic Approach to Treating Mental Illness & Diabetes
10/04/2004 Study: Chiropractic Care May Reduce Anxiety Symptoms
10/04/2004 Journal: Assemblyman Who Helped Sink Veto Overrides Seeks Medicaid Cuts
10/04/2004 NYAPRS Reviews a Decade of Public Policy Organizing & Advocacy
10/04/2004 California Governor Issues State 'Olmstead' Executivef Order
10/04/2004 California and Missouri Consider Mental Health Tax
10/04/2004 CSH to unveil new monuments during ceremony at cemetery
10/01/2004 NYAPRS Mental Health E-News Postings to Resume Monday

September

09/28/2004 Newsday: Cognitive Therapy
09/28/2004 Newsday: Cognitive Therapy Gaining Ground, Recovery 'Well Kept Secret
09/28/2004 L.Gazette: MHANYS Names Liebman Executive Director
09/28/2004 Sun, AP: Assembly Reform Plans Gaining Momentum
09/28/2004 NYAPRS Welcomes Applicants for CNY Educator Post at This Week's Conference
09/27/2004 TU: FDA Advisory Sparks Debate
09/27/2004 NFI: 'Making Money Follow the Person' Sept. 27 Teleconference
09/26/2004 Satcher: Mental illness in Children Calls for Passion, Commitment
09/26/2004 P&SB: Mental Health Services Face Cutbacks in Tioga
09/26/2004 TU, Post: NYS Agencies Told to Submit 'No Growth' Fiscal Plans
09/24/2004 NYS Cities Identify, Launch Initiatives to Serve Homless People w/ Psych. Disabilities
09/24/2004 Newsday, Daily News: Adult Home Operator Sued for Withholding Resident's Monthly Allowances
09/24/2004 MHW: NY Advocates Press for Restored Funding When Session Reconvenes
09/22/2004 NYAPRS : Get DVDs of Conference Keynotes by Shery Mead, Amy Long!
09/21/2004 MHW: SAMHSA Anti-Stigma Campaign Being Incorporated at the State Level
09/21/2004 MHW: Congress Provides Mostly Good News on Fiscal 2005 Budget
09/21/2004 Gannett: NY Faces Growing Budget Shortfall
09/21/2004 Journal News: 'Depressing Depression'
09/21/2004 Times: Homeless Men Were Shunted Into a Notorious Adult Home
09/21/2004 News: When Are People Too Mentally Ill to Vote?
09/21/2004 Bulletin: Forgotten Mental Patients Honored
09/21/2004 Sept 22 TC: Integrating Consumers as Jail Diversion Staff & Experts
09/21/2004 CMHS 9/28 TC on Medicaid-Funded Peer Support Services
09/21/2004 NYAPRS Releases Complete Program Schedule for Next Week's Annual Conference
09/16/2004 Times: Doctors Say They Will Cut Antidepressant Use
09/16/2004 USA Today: Prescription for Reform? Power fo Drugmakers Challenged by Gov't
09/16/2004 Controversial Bill to Stop Mandatory Mental Health Screening Fails In Congress
09/15/2004 NYAPRS Announces 2004 Awards Winners, Award Schedule at Upcoming Fall Conference
09/14/2004 AP: Panel Urges Child Antidepressants Warning
09/14/2004 Bazelon Legislative Update: Outlook Bleak for Action on Mental Health Bills
09/14/2004 USPRA Releases 2005 Conference Call for Proposals
09/11/2004 AP: Senate Won't Return to Consider Overrides Till After Election
09/10/2004 TU, Gazette: NYS Removes Operator of 2 Adult Homes, Residents
09/09/2004 NY's Removal of Another Adult Home Operator Underscores Need for Greater Oversight
09/09/2004 Court: States Can't Ignore Advance Directives of Involuntarily Committed Psychiatric Patients
09/09/2004 Vermont Community Mental Health Agencies Face Funding Shortages
09/09/2004 Texas Moves to MH 'Disease Management' Design, Eliminates State MH Dep't
09/09/2004 Pennsylvania Launches Mental Health Anti-Stigma Initiative
09/09/2004 Study: Mental Health Services are Becoming Less Available to Prison Population
09/08/2004 Mills: VESID Audit Uncovers Abuses of Funds, Inadequate Controls
09/07/2004 Star: Kansas State Hospitals 'Overflowing' Due to Sexual Predator Confinements
09/07/2004 Sentinel: Police Training Gives Officers Tips on Real Life Crises
09/07/2004 Gold: '03 Census Date for Americans with Disability Should Aid State Planning Processes
09/07/2004 Daily Times: Ex-Prisoner Assails Special Housing Units
09/02/2004 'Addressing Stigma & Discriminationn in Rural Communities' Sept. 21 TC
09/02/2004 TU: Bruno: After Addressing Gov's Concerns, Overrides May Not Be Necessary
09/02/2004 Times: U.S. to Restore Planned Section 8 Housing Cuts
09/02/2004 'Infusing Recovery into MH Services' White Paper Released by NYS Consumers, Survivors, and Ex-Patients
09/02/2004 Sept. 21 Albany County 'Journey of Hope' Conference
09/02/2004 Times, CPN Profile Acclaimed Artist's Winning Struggle w/ Psychiatric Disability
09/02/2004 Oct. 14 Albany Film Event Portrays Deegan's 'Life in Community' by Ex-Hospital Patients
09/02/2004 NYAPRS Releases Conference Schedule; Registration Hits 600, Still Time to Register!

August

08/31/2004 Newsweek: Dealing with Depression Has Become Big Topic at Colleges
08/31/2004 Nebraska Works to Determine Role of Mental Health Consumer Affairs Office
08/31/2004 NYAPRS Training Collective Seeks CNY, NYC Regional Educators
08/31/2004 Silver, Cahill Tout Merits of Medicaid Waiver Bill
08/30/2004 Times: Northeast Loses in Reshuffling of Federal Housing Aid
08/30/2004 'Overcoming Stigma in Asian American Mental Health' Oct 1-2 NYC Conference
08/30/2004 TU: Lack of United Fronts Cuts Chance of Veto Overrides
08/30/2004 Study: Access to Care Has Increased for Americans w/ 'Serious Mental Illnesses'
08/26/2004 OMH Releases New Grief Counseling Resource Guide
08/26/2004 MHASC: Sept 17 HU Speak Out & Community Resources Fair
08/25/2004 MHW: NY Spearheads Its Own Suicide Prevention, Education Initiative
08/25/2004 Buff. News: County Officials Resume Attack on Medicaid Growth
08/25/2004 JCAHO Appoints Expert Panel To Help Guide Study of Language, Cultural Issues In Hospitals
08/25/2004 TU: State Legislators May Override Governor's Vetoes in November
08/25/2004 TU: State Legislators May Override Governor's Vetoes in November
08/23/2004 MHW: Illinois' Sweeping Childrens' MH Reforms Make It National Leader
08/23/2004 Times: Troubled Home for Mentally Ill Gets Operator w/ Troubled Past
08/23/2004 USPRA: Full Update on Certified Psych Rehab Practitioner Credential
08/23/2004 Mental Illness Stigma Lingers, Denies Parity Treatment w/ Physical Disorders
08/23/2004 Capitol Coverage of Pataki Budget Vetoes
08/23/2004 Post-Star: Disability Advocate Calls on Senate to Lead on Voter Access Reforms
08/23/2004 W. Times: SSA Overpaid $3.2 Billion in Disability Benefits Since '96
08/23/2004 CMS: States Should Give Medicaid Beneficiaries More Control Over Long-Term Services
08/20/2004 Governor Vetoes include 4.5 million dollars of Community MH services
08/17/2004 NYAPRS Conference Program Highlights: Still Time to Register!
08/17/2004 Mental Health Association in New York State Names New CEO Glenn Liebman
08/17/2004 NYAPRS E-News Goes on Vacation This Week, Resumes August 23
08/16/2004 MHW on CMHS' Power:
08/16/2004 Advance: Governor Expected to Veto Lawmakers' Health Care Spending Plan
08/15/2004 NYPR, Gannet: Timothy's Law Among NYS Legislature's 'Unfinished Business'
08/13/2004 NYS Legislature Details Health, Mental Hygiene Budget Actions
08/13/2004 NYAPRS Website Features ECT, Conference and Policy Summaries; E-News Hit 1,500
08/13/2004 NYAPRS Membership Approves New By-Laws, To Vote on New Board Members
08/13/2004 OMH Commissioner Carpinello Announces Reorganization Plan
08/13/2004 Post-Standard: MISCC's NYS Olmstead Plan Needed Yesterday
08/12/2004 NYS Legislative Budget Deal Coverage, Governor Expects Vetoes
08/12/2004 USPRA: CPRP Buffalo Exam Restored for October 16!
08/12/2004 VESID Announces 2004 Town Meetings
08/10/2004 Times: Albany Budget Near, but Pataki's Intentions Are Unclear
08/10/2004 NYAPRS Review of NYS Legislature's Budget Agreement
08/08/2004 Star Gazette: Chemung County Turns to Feds for Medicaid Relief
08/08/2004 Tribune: Parents of Mentally Ill Children Face Dilemma
08/08/2004 Post, Times, Post-Standard: NYS Budget Deal Imminent, Bruno's Plans, Leaders' Reliance on Budget Extenders
08/08/2004 Report: Why Medicaid Is So Hard to Cut
08/08/2004 NYS Comptroller: Monitoring OMH's Implementation of Kendra's Law
08/08/2004 OMH Provides Summary on Kendra's Law Implementation
08/08/2004 ADAPT: You Can Still Sign up for This Week's MISCC Hearings in Syracuse and Buffalo
08/06/2004 Pataki Administration Releases ECT Statistical and Enhanced Oversight Data
08/06/2004 OMH Draft ECT Brochure: Making an Informed Choice
08/06/2004 Gold: Olmstead, Unnecessary Institutionalization and Your State
08/05/2004 Times: Adult Home Residents Receive $432K Each in Historic Ruling
08/04/2004 NYAPRS NYC Legislative Training Set for August 23
08/04/2004 Mental Health Services Taking on New Roles under N.C. Reforms
08/04/2004 PA County Proposes Mental Health Levy to Serve Non-Medicaid Clients
08/04/2004 Mental Health Courts Touted in Two Ohion Counties
08/04/2004 Times: Feds Find Flagrant Abuses in LI Nursing Home
08/04/2004 Sept 9 'Recovery In Action' Day in Syracuse Features Speakers, Awards
08/04/2004 TU, NYPR: NYS Budget Deal Expected Next Week
08/04/2004 NYSCAHR: Call, Write Albany for Adult Home Resident Initiatives, Reforms!
08/03/2004 TU: NYS Lawmakers Reach School Aid Deal, Full Budget Agreement Nearing
08/03/2004 Alert: Call Albany Today to Urge FULL Restoration of $7.7 Million Aid to Localities Cut!
08/03/2004 Journal News: Local Medical Center to Close Mental Health Clinic
08/03/2004 Bazelon: New Report Promotes Integrated Care for People with Serious Mental Illnesses
08/02/2004 TU, Gannett: NYS Legislature Moving Towards 2-House Budget Deal?
08/02/2004 MHW: Mental Health Field Ushers in New Generation of Leaders

July

07/30/2004 Ottaway, NYPR: 2-House Budget Negotiations Go Into Weekend Aiming at Deal Next Week
07/30/2004 TU, Times: Pataki Vetoes Minimum Wage Hike, Legislature May Override
07/29/2004 Gold: Urge Nation's Governors to Support Disability 'Community Intergration' Initiatives
07/28/2004 African American Mental Health Symposium Set for Sept 8 in DC
07/28/2004 NAMI: House Bill Largely Restores Bush Section 8 Cut, Could Face Presidential Veto
07/28/2004 Deegan: 'Recovery Is Not a New Idea'
07/28/2004 Chronicle: Mental Health Agency Wants Fewer Patients
07/28/2004 Channel 9: Recovering From Mental Illness in Albany
07/28/2004 Telegraph: Self-Harm Victims 'Poorly Treated'
07/28/2004 AP: NH State Prisoners Sue for Better Mental Health Care
07/28/2004 SM: Missouri Looks to Combat Suicide
07/27/2004 H Works: New NYS Rules for Mixed SSI/TANF Households Mean Big Cuts for the Poor
07/27/2004 Buff. News: Disability Advocates Protest Discrimination, Proposed Medicaid Cuts
07/26/2004 Journal News, TU: Bruno Seeks Aug. 15 NYS Budget Deal
07/26/2004 USPRA Chair Joseph Outlines New Priorities for Board, Organization
07/26/2004 Best Practices in Psychopharmacology and Treatment Sept 23 Utica Teaching Day
07/23/2004 Inside Albany: Adult Home Impasse in Albany
07/22/2004 AP: How the Proposed Minimum Wage Hike Would Affect Your County
07/22/2004 Record on 'Dysfunctional' NYS Legislature: Why Didn't Senate Vote on Timothy's Law?
07/21/2004 Capitolwire: NYS Leaders Have 'Productive Discussions' on Timothy's Law, HAVA
07/21/2004 AP, Times: Study Backs Antidepressant-Suicide Link
07/21/2004 Campaign for MH Reform Calls for Improved Performance, Outcome Measures
07/21/2004 Manhattan DA Gets Guilty Plea from Fraudulent Adult Home Operator
07/21/2004 Alert: NYAPRS Releases Annual Conference Program, Registration Information!
07/21/2004 NYAPRS Conference to Feature Keynoter Shery Mead
07/20/2004 TU, Post: Legislators to Act on Minimum Wage, Local Pension Costs, Death Penalty; No Budget Deal
07/20/2004 A Review of 'The Cutting Edge: A Newsletter for People Living w/ Self-Inflicted Violence'
07/20/2004 July 22 4pm Call: 'Safe, Legal Election Year Advocacy by Nonprofits'
07/20/2004 MHASC Announces Sept. 17 Speak Out and Community Resource Fair
07/20/2004 PROS Alert: OMH to Host August 3rd Albany Software Vendor Meeting
07/19/2004 TU: State Negotiation on Help America Vote Act Reforms Have Continued
07/19/2004 Times: NYC's Plan to Reduce Homelessness Relies on Supportive Housing
07/19/2004 Daily News: Silver Op Ed Urges Movement on Issues Like Timothy's Law
07/19/2004 Urgent: Catch the NYC Bus to Albany Tomorrow for Timothy's Law Demo, Press Conference!
07/19/2004 Metroland: A Protest State of Mind
07/19/2004 USPRA: Still Time to Sign Up for CPRP Exam in Buffalo and Albany!
07/18/2004 Ottaway, AP, Gannett: Pain of Late Budget Mounts, Legislature Expected Hike Minimum Wage
07/18/2004 W Post, NY Times on 'Contrarian' Innovator Loren Mosher's Life and Legacy
07/18/2004 AP: Governors Focus on 'Graying America', Friedman on Elder Issues at NYAPRS Conference
07/16/2004 NYAPRS: Tell Us the Impact of a Late NYS Budget on Your Services & Staffing
07/15/2004 Gazette, NYPR: Advocates Call for Negotiated Agreement on Timothy's Law
07/15/2004 WXXI: Medicaid Remains Hidden NYS Budget Issue
07/15/2004 TU: NYS Budget Stalemate Continues, Senate Expected to Approve Minimum Wage Hike
07/13/2004 Noted Psychiatrist and Human Rights Activist Loren Mosher Leaves Profound Legacy
07/13/2004 CPR Announces Web-Based Repository of Recovery Resources
07/13/2004 NYC Mental Health Division Seeks Ass't Director of Office of Housing Services
07/13/2004 Times: With Toughness and Caring, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Helps People Heal
07/13/2004 More on MISCC Public Forums: Come Out and Testify!
07/13/2004 Release: Advocates Hold News Conference to Say 'Time Has Run Out for Timothy's Law'
07/11/2004 Gannett: Late Budget Nears 100-day Mark
07/11/2004 D&C: NYS Must Do More to Keep Mentally Ill Children Out of Detention Centers, Pass Parity Law
07/11/2004 Bazelon, NMHA: House Supports Mental Health Transformation, Call DC in Support
07/11/2004 CMHR: Advocates Praise Senate Passage of Suicide Prevention Bill
07/11/2004 Chronicle: Desire to Be Perfect Makes Treating Anorexia Difficult
07/09/2004 Tom O'Clair: 'Outrage is a Good Word' for How I Feel
07/09/2004 Post-Star: Governor's Aid to Localities Cut Threatens Local Peer Run Program
07/08/2004 H. Works: Pataki Imposes Severe Budget Cut on TANF/SSI Families
07/08/2004 AP, Times, Bazelon: Thousands of Children w/ MI Warehoused in Juvenile Detention Ctrs
07/08/2004 USPRA (formerly IAPSRS) Announces New Officers; NY's Ashenden Elected Secretary
07/08/2004 Buff. News: State Budget Stalemate Might Extend to Autumn, Latest Ever
07/08/2004 AP: Grant for Post-Disaster Mental Health Treatment Awarded
07/08/2004 Sentinel: Addressing Mental-Illness Stigma Bluntly
07/08/2004 NYAPRS Conference Presenter Cochrane: Cops Too Often Lack Training on Mental illness
07/06/2004 Daily News: New Bilingual Autism Center Funded by NYC Council
07/06/2004 Journal News: Nonprofits Struggle to Finance Affordable Housing In Wake of Proposed Section 8 Cuts
07/05/2004 TU, Post, Ottaway: Senate Due Back July 19 to Work on 'Unfinished Business'
07/05/2004 Newsday Editorial: NYS Prisons are Clogged with Too Many Mentally Ill
07/03/2004 MLPA Announces 24th Annual Bastille Day Demonstration/Celebration
07/02/2004 AP: Court Ruling Underscores Importance of Timothy's Law Passage
07/01/2004 Come to MISCC Community Forums This Summer: Testimony Application, Suggestion Materials

June

06/30/2004 New Freedom Commission Housing Subcommittee's Full Report Released
06/30/2004 Independent: Changes in Diets 'Could 'Trigger Mental Health Crisis'
06/30/2004 Kaiser 5-Year Olmstead National Assessment Urges Medicaid Reforms
06/29/2004 Leg. Gazette: Legislators Fail to Approve Timothy's Law
06/29/2004 AP: Missouri Governor Signs Parity Bill Into Law
06/29/2004 Timothy's Law Alert: Please Generate Calls to Local Legislators This Thursday!
06/29/2004 Jobs: Lewis County Director of Community Services, Dir. of Outpatient Clinic Services
06/29/2004 Jobs: NARPA Seeks Administrative/Conference Consultant
06/28/2004 Gannett, AP: Timothy's Law at Top of 'Do Little' Legislature's To Do Summer List
06/28/2004 Post-Standard Urges Passage of 'SHU' Bill Banning Solitary Confinement of Prisoners w/ Psych Disabilities
06/28/2004 AP: Advocates Turn to Ballot Box to Boost Funding for Services
06/28/2004 USA Today: Survey Finds ADA Hasn't Adequately Improved Lives
06/25/2004 Newsday: Supportive Housing Expansion 'Cornerstone' of Bloomberg's Plan to Reduce Homelessness
06/25/2004 PROS: OMH Releases Downloadable Quality Improvement Chapter of PROS Provider Handbook
06/25/2004 OMH: Barbara Cohn Appointed OMH Executive Deputy Commissioner
06/25/2004 TU, Newsday, Daily News Call For Better Treatment of Mentally Ill Inmates
06/25/2004 KR: Clinton Bill Would Expand Mental Health Care for Older Americans
06/25/2004 Tennessean: Conference Examines How Racism Affects Mental Health
06/25/2004 MHW: IAPSRS Splits Into US, Canadian Affiliates; 13 Member USPRA Board Named
06/24/2004 AP, Newsday, TU: Timothy's Law Highlighted in Review of Stalemated Session
06/24/2004 THR: NY State Lax in Policing Nonprofts
06/24/2004 SAMHSA: Many with 'Co-Occurring' Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Are Unaware
06/24/2004 CMHS: Scholarships Available for Alternatives Conference
06/24/2004 LA Times on Olmstead:'We're Planning Ourselves to Death: Just Move Somebody'
06/23/2004 TU, Times, Newsday: Lawmakers Leave Without Deals on State Budget, Timothy's Law
06/23/2004 MHW: New NCCBH Pres. Rosenberg Gets High Marks
06/23/2004 SHNNY: Bloomberg Announces 10 Yr Plan to End Homelessness w/ New Housing Commitment
06/22/2004 TU, Times: Albany Budget Stalemate Intensifies
06/22/2004 Albany Update: MH Restoration, PROS Trend in Trouble? Timothy's Law Talks Ongoing, SHU Bill Passes Assembly
06/22/2004 MHASC: Advocates Hail Assembly Passage of 'SHU' Bill to End Solitary Confinement of Prisoners w/ Psych. Disabilities
06/21/2004 Times, AP: Albany Legislature Set to Adjourn Without a Budget, or Much Legislating
06/21/2004 Psych Services: Fountain House Overview as 'Wellspring' of Clubhouse Model
06/21/2004 BMJ: Bush Plans to Screen Whole US Population for Mental Illness
06/21/2004 Bazelon: 6/22 Congressional Hearing on People w/ Mental Illnesses in the Criminal Justice System
06/21/2004 Bazelon: Advocates Blast Slow Movement on People w/ Mental Illnesses Into the Community
06/21/2004 Newsday: Assisted Living Effort Falls Short in Albany
06/21/2004 Governor, Senate Leader Announce New Law to Assist Those w/ Eating Disorders
06/20/2004 Albany: Negotiations Continue on Timothy's Law, Minimum Wage Hike Bill
06/19/2004 MHW: NY Advocates Push to Advance Adult Home Reforms, Update on Other Issues
06/19/2004 NYS Disability Advocacy Coalition Presses for Election Reform Legislation
06/19/2004 Fall Deadline Extended for Applying for Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP) Program
06/19/2004 Gannett: Debate over Prescription Drug List Continues
06/18/2004 Caribbean Cultural Ctr Presents June 19 NYC 'Healing Works' Conference
06/18/2004 Legislative Leaders Hope to Have Timothy's Law Deal by Tuesday: Cap Wire, Ottaway
06/18/2004 Most Integrated Settings Council's Summer Public Forums in NYC, Albany, Syracuse & Buffalo
06/18/2004 Last Call! NYAPRS Seeks Western/Central, Hudson River Regional Educators
06/17/2004 MHASC: Call Today to Urge Assembly Passage of 'SHU' Bill to Ban Solitary Confinement of Prisoners w/ Psych. Disabilities
06/17/2004 Bruno: We're Hoping for a Conceptual Budget Deal, Still Negotiation on Timothy's Law
06/17/2004 Post: NYS Senate Might Approve Minimum Wage Hike
06/16/2004 NYAPRS Board Members Honor Gene O'Brien
06/16/2004 Albany Budget Talks Inch Forward, Timothy's Law Talks Continue
06/16/2004 CDR: Assembly Poised to Pass Nursing Home Diversion Medicaid Waiver Bill
06/15/2004 H Works: Call Albany Against Possible Medicaid Cuts
06/15/2004 P. Journal: Deal Nears to Redevelop Hudson River PC Property
06/15/2004 Journal News: Drug-makers and the Facts
06/15/2004 Post-Standard: Madison County Decides Not to Privatize Mental Health Dep't
06/15/2004 June 18 NYC 'Recovery & Reintegration' Conference Hosted by Morningside Westside
06/15/2004 In Honor and Memory of Eugene O'Brien; Wake and Funeral Arrangement Details
06/14/2004 TU, Journal News: NYS Budget Deadlock Likely to Go Into August
06/11/2004 TU: O'Clairs Assail Senate Mailing; Libous Affirms 'High Level' Parity Negotiations Underway
06/11/2004 Bazelon: Call Congress to Oppose Bill That Would Levy Devastating Cuts to MH Services
06/11/2004 AP: Health Insurance Firms Block National Parity Bills
06/11/2004 Call Albany Today to Urge Passage of Timothy's Law
06/11/2004 New: NYAPRS Cultural Competency Virtual Resource Center!
06/11/2004 Baltimore Sun: Psychologists Battle for Authority to Prescribe Drugs
06/10/2004 News Release: Advocates Press Legislature to Reach Timothy's Law Agreement
06/09/2004 AAPA June 18th NYC Forum on PROS to Feature Sederer
06/09/2004 NYS Senate Passes Bill to Create Nursing Home Medicaid Waiver Program
06/08/2004 TU: Eating Disorders Bill's Advance Upsets Timothy's Law Advocates
06/08/2004 ABC: Parents Face Dilemmas Over Medication, Talk Therapy
06/08/2004 Foster's: Maine Jail Mental Health Program Could Become a Model
06/07/2004 Times: Trouble in Private U.S. Jails Preceded Job Fixing Iraq's
06/07/2004 Post-Standard: World Mental Illness Study Resonates Locally in Parity Push
06/07/2004 NYAPRS: Bill to Move Predators to Psychiatric Custody Decried
06/06/2004 OMH Announces Federal Approval of PROS Medicaid Rehabilitation Licensed Program
06/06/2004 Venture House's Schwartz Testimony re OMH Statewide Plan
06/06/2004 J. News, Gannett: Key Legislation Awaits Break in Ugly Albany Budget Stalemate
06/06/2004 Spitzer: Eating Disorder Victims Challenged by (Insurance) Coverage Problems
06/06/2004 Marrone: 'If Work Makes People w/ MI Sick, What Do Unemployment, Poverty and Isolation Cause?
06/06/2004 Psych News: Support Builds For Bill to Improve US Prison MH Care
06/04/2004 Nat. Consumers Self Help Clearinghouse Seeks Input on June 9th Call-In
06/04/2004 NYC Council to Pass June 8 Resolution Backing Timothy's Law; Testimonials Invited
06/04/2004 Pataki Introduces Adult Home Reform Legislation, Boosts Funding Proposals
06/04/2004 NYSCAHR OMH Planning Testimony Calls for Vigorous Adult Home Service, Oversight Reforms
06/03/2004 Times, AP: Spitzer Sues Paxil Drugmaker for Failure to Reveal Suicide Risk to Kids
06/03/2004 Times: Furor Over Possible Medicaid Cuts Suggests Paradox for Potential PROS Providers
06/03/2004 NAMI Announces New Multicultural Action Center
06/02/2004 June 18 MH Issues for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Consumers Conference in Rockland Co
06/01/2004 D. News: 'Mentally Ill Overwhelm Hospital ERs'
06/01/2004 Study: Mental Illnesses Are Under-Treated

May

05/30/2004 Newsweek: How Genes Affact Moods
05/29/2004 Scholarships Still Available for 'Transcending Trauma' July 12-3 NYC Conference
05/29/2004 Study Examines Use of Accupuncture to Aid Those w/ Bipolar Disorders
05/28/2004 NYAPRS: Albany Advocacy, PROS, MISCC, SPEAK, Conference, USPRA, E-News Updates
05/27/2004 NYAPRS Conference 2004 Call for Presentations!
05/27/2004 NYS Museum to Host June 5 and 12 Ex-Patient Forums Featuring Pat Deegan and Shery Mead
05/27/2004 NYAPRS: Give Us Your Feedback on OMH's Draft PROS Regulations!
05/26/2004 June 1 NYAPRS NYC Training: How Will PROS Impact You & Your Community?
05/26/2004 Job: NYC Associate Commissioner for Mental Hygiene Program Services
05/25/2004 June 2 NYC MICA Partnership's Integrated Treatment Training Event
05/24/2004 Call Senate Today to Approve Adult Home Reform Legislation
05/24/2004 MHW: NYS Senate Parity Proposal Includes Some Limits
05/24/2004 E-Mail Senate Leaders to Assure Disability Voting Rights!
05/23/2004 Governor Unveils S.A.F.E. Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault
05/23/2004 FL Times: Raising Awareness on Timothy's Law, Mental Health Issues
05/23/2004 Copeland: Advance Directives and WRAP
05/23/2004 Buffalo News: State Budget Late (Again), Leaderless
05/21/2004 NYAPRS: Highlights of OMH's Draft PROS Regulations
05/21/2004 Newhouse: Psychiatric Documents Can Aid Mentally Ill in Crises
05/21/2004 NYT: Haunted by Heartbreak, They Seek Timothys Law
05/20/2004 AP: Bristol-Myers to Pull Serzone Off Market
05/20/2004 Nat. Review: American Prisons Deserve our Attention
05/20/2004 Courant: Clergy Memorialize Those Buried In Psychiatric Hospital's Numbered Graves
05/20/2004 OMH's Carpinello Introduces New 'SPEAK' Initiative to Combat Suicide
05/20/2004 OMH Releases New PROS 'Fiscal Policy Control Points' Update
05/19/2004 Times, AP: Disabled Protest Outside Voting Reform Committee Meeting
05/19/2004 AP: HUD May Have Solution to Section 8 Voucher Cuts
05/18/2004 Supreme Court Ruling Affirms People w/ Disabilities Can Sue States
05/18/2004 OMH Commissioner Carpinello to Launch Suicide Prevention Initiative Wednesday
05/18/2004 L. Gazette: Senate Majority Offers New Mental Health Parity Bill
05/18/2004 Call NYC Mayor Bloomberg TODAY to Include NY/NY III in Plan to End Homelessness
05/18/2004 'New York Disability Public Policy Summit' Planned for Next Tuesday in Albany
05/17/2004 H Works: FEC Decides Against Imposing Advocacy Restricitions on Nonprofts
05/17/2004 Come Stand Up for Disability Voter Rights in Albany Tomorrow Afternoon!
05/17/2004 Gannett: Proposal Could End Gridlock on Mental-Health Coverage
05/17/2004 Post-Standard: Syracuse OMH Planning Hearing Yields Reform Recomendations
05/17/2004 NYPR: Nonprofits Worry Education Funding Jeopardizes Funding Restorations
05/17/2004 Post-Standard: Shortage of Childrens' Psychiatric Hospital Beds Stresses Area
05/14/2004 Mental Health Empowerment Conference Comes Next Week to NYC, LI
05/14/2004 Journal News, AP: Pfizer Pleads Guilty to Illegal Marketing of Neurontin
05/14/2004 Bazelon: Senate Approves Individuals w/ Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
05/13/2004 NYPR: Voting Reform Takes a Step Back
05/12/2004 W. Times: Battle Over Mental Health Coverage Causing Headaches
05/12/2004 Times, Schumer, Bloomberg Assail Federal Plan to Cut Section 8 Subsidy
05/12/2004 Rivera: Senate's Mental Health Parity Proposal Falls Short
05/11/2004 NYS Senate Leaders' Parity Proposal Moves Process Closer to Possible Passage of Timothy's Law
05/11/2004 Assembly Calls on Congress to Increase Federal Medicaid Payments
05/10/2004 Times, Schumer Assail Federal Plan to Cut Section 8 Subsidy
05/07/2004 Gannett: Medicaid, Education Holding up Budget Talks
05/07/2004 Ottaway: Senate Bid to Lock Up Predators May Be Lost
05/07/2004 Bazelon: Appropriations Are Key to Transforming Mental Health
05/07/2004 SAMHSA to Hold May 18 Phone/Web Forum on Trauma Informed Homeless Services
05/07/2004 OMH Posts Draft PROS Regulations
05/06/2004 TU, NYPR: After Vigil, New Hope for Timothy's Law
05/06/2004 BMJ: The Evidence Base: Rock of Certainty or Shifting Sands?
05/06/2004 Telegraph: Proposed Change to Medicaid Funding Frightens MH Providers
05/06/2004 NYPR, Record: NYS Senate Proposes Health Coverage for Eating Disorders
05/06/2004 SAMHSA to Hold May 18 Phone/Web Forum on Trauma Informed Homeless Services
05/05/2004 'A Father's Vigil': Journal News Editorial
05/05/2004 MHW: More People w/ Mental Illnesses Seeking Emergency Room Care
05/04/2004 TU, Gazette: Advocates Press Senate for Timothy's Law, Vigil Begins Tonight
05/04/2004 Journal: Father Plans All-Night Vigil for Mental-Health Bill
05/03/2004 MHW: Oregon Adopts Evidence-Based Treatment Requirement
05/03/2004 Gazette Pushes for Mental Health Court for Schenectady

April

04/30/2004 Courier: Mentally Ill Offenders Caught Between Forced Treatment, Punishment
04/30/2004 Mental Health Advocates Blast Sexual Predator Civil Lock-Up Proposal
04/30/2004 Post-Standard: OMH to Close Syracuse Four Winds Hospital
04/30/2004 Advisory: May 3-5 Vigil, Birthday Memorial Observing Timothy O'Clair's Birthday
04/28/2004 NYAPRS: Advocacy, Medicaid Buy-In, MISCC, PROS, Conference Updates
04/28/2004 Resource Center Offers Scholarships to July OMH Brooklyn Trauma Conference
04/28/2004 100, 000 Have Lost SSI: UJC to Host April 30 NYC Forum
04/28/2004 Survey: Emergency Dep'ts See Big Rise in People w/ Mental Illness Seeking Care
04/27/2004 Olympian: Proposal Adds Services For Inmates With Mental Illness
04/27/2004 AP, Journal News: No Progress In NYS Budget Talks
04/27/2004 Herald: 'Mental Illness Is Not Who We Are'
04/27/2004 Jobs: NYAPRS Seeks Western/Central, Hudson River Regional Educators
04/21/2004 Batkin: Integrative Medicine is the Wave of the Future
04/21/2004 Register:Fatal Police Shootings Spark Interest in Crisis Teams, Renew IOC Debate
04/21/2004 NYAPRS Welcomes New Directors, Seeks WNY/CNY, Hudson River Regional Educators
04/21/2004 Sentinel: Stigma is Biggest Challenge of Mental Illness
04/19/2004 Gazette: Don't Silence Nonprofits
04/19/2004 McIntyre OP Ed: Put Mental, Physical Ills on Par for Insurance Coverage
04/19/2004 D&C: Pataki Pushes Medicaid Proposals
04/16/2004 NYC Voices: Reflections on Latino Mental Health
04/16/2004 Rivera: Assembly Passes Adult Home Resident 'Temporary Receiver' Bill
04/16/2004 MHANYS: Profits show HMOs can afford Timothy's Law
04/16/2004 Job Posting: MDRI Fundraising Manager
04/15/2004 American Psychiatric Foundation Presents First-Ever Minority Mental Health Award
04/15/2004 Grants: HHS Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment
04/13/2004 Study Advises Against Drugs for Children in Depression
04/13/2004 NYC Voices: 'I Survived the Box'
04/13/2004 Post-Standard: Madison County Privitization Talks Spur Demonstration
04/13/2004 Michigan High Court Rules Against Mandated Mental Health Care for Kids
04/12/2004 NYAPRS Status Review on 2004 State Budget/Legislative Advocacy Progress
04/07/2004 NYPR: Groups Cope with Late State Budget
04/07/2004 Anthony: The Transcendent Principle of Personhood
04/07/2004 NYAPRS CNY April 21 Syracuse 'Housing First' w/ Pathways to Housing's Tsemberis
04/07/2004 Assembly to Hold April 22 NYC Hearing on Health Care Disparities for Minorities
04/05/2004 County Execs, Editorial Boards, Columnists Keep Up Attack on Medicaid
04/05/2004 NYAPRS Testimony to NY's Interagency Housing Group
04/05/2004 Newsday: From Grief Rises Timothy's Law
04/02/2004 Post-Standard: OMH Bars Admissions at 4 Winds Syracuse Citing Deficiencies
04/02/2004 Speak Out! Register Now for OMH Regional Info Sessions to Start Next Week
04/02/2004 NYAPRS PROS Update, OMH Responds to NYAPRS Member Questions
04/01/2004 Peer Advocate Job Postings in Owego County and in Brooklyn
04/01/2004 Post-Standard: Tragic Suicide Heightens Debate Over Antidepressants

March

03/31/2004 Putnam Disability Advocacy Legislative Forum Highlights Timothy's Law
03/31/2004 Review: Silver Calls on Senate to Back Timothy's Law
03/31/2004 OMH to Present July 12-13 'Transcending Trauma' Symposium at Brooklyn Marriott
03/30/2004 CCD: Write Congress Urging Rejection of Deep Cuts to Section 8 Housing Program
03/30/2004 Only 8 Weeks Away! IAPSRS Annual Conference in San Diego Update
03/30/2004 Gannett, J News: Medicaid Burden on NY Counties at Crisis Point
03/29/2004 Post-Standard: School Aid, Medicaid, Workers' Comp Hold Up NYS Budget (Again)
03/29/2004 Newsday:State May Turn Failing Adult Home into Mental Health Residential Program
03/29/2004 Times: Overprescribing Prompted Warning on Antidepressants
03/29/2004 Gannett: Medicaid's 'Exploding' Costs Prompt 'Reform' in NY, Other States
03/25/2004 IAPSRS: Round 2 In Medicaid Battle, Call Or Email Your U.S. Representative
03/25/2004 WSJ: More Family Doctors Prescribe Antipsychotic Drugs
03/25/2004 OMH to Hold Local Spring Briefings, Hearings on 5-Year Plan
03/23/2004 AP, FDA: Suicide Warning Sought for Antidepressants
03/23/2004 Assembly NYC April 30 Hearing on Housing Needs of NYers w/ Disabilities
03/23/2004 MHW: Volunteer Drive Shows Widespread Support for California MH $ Initiative
03/22/2004 Buffalo News: Cuts Put Aid for Mentally Ill at Risk
03/22/2004 Gannett: Gov. Pataki, Bruno Still Far Apart on Budget
03/22/2004 Journal News Decries Albany's 'Backing off Timothy's Law; TU Update
03/22/2004 Advocates Urged to Come to Albany Tomorrow to Fight Medicaid, Welfare Cuts
03/19/2004 Senate Leader Bruno's Hometown Paper Urges Him to Pass Timothy's Law
03/19/2004 Study:Bush Cuts Imperil Section 8 Housing Program For Low Income Families
03/19/2004 Alert: Urge NY Senators to Reject the President's Proposed Housing Cuts
03/18/2004 Bruno: Senate Sponsors of Timothy's Law Are 'Smart' Not 'Irresponsible'
03/18/2004 Fusco: Kendra's Law is 'Patriot Act for Mental Patients'
03/17/2004 Gazette, NYPR: Hundreds Push for Senate Passage of Timothy's Law
03/17/2004 TU: Pataki Questions Senate Estimate of $3 Billion More in Revenues
03/17/2004 NYWE March 30-1: The Clubhouse Employment Experience
03/16/2004 Release: 1, 000 in Albany Today Ask Senate to Pass Timothy's Law
03/16/2004 Bruno Finds $3 Billion More, Seeks Budget Deal Before Holiday Break
03/15/2004 D&C: Pataki Proposing 5% Reduction for Some Mental Health Services
03/15/2004 Journal News: Putnam Group Seeks Mental Health Parity
03/15/2004 Daily Gazette: Students to Gather for Timothy's Law
03/15/2004 TU: Albany Readies for Preferred Drug List Debate
03/15/2004 Carpinello: Bipartisan Commission Needed To Evaluate Future Of State Psych. Ctrs
03/15/2004 FT: Full Speed Ahead for Tomorrow's Timothy's Law Albany Rally!
03/12/2004 IAPSRS: Advocates Successfully Press Senate to Reject Medicaid Cuts!
03/12/2004 Journal: State Leaders to Meet to Decide Which Programs Get Cut
03/12/2004 Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force Blasts Preferred Drug List Proposal
03/11/2004 TU, AP: NYS Leaders' Budget Talks Proceed, Late Budget Expected Again
03/11/2004 TU: Libous to Offer Revised Parity Law That'd Exempt Small Businesses
03/10/2004 ALERT:Call Sen. Clinton, Schumer TODAY to Reject Federal Medicaid Cuts!
03/10/2004 TU: CSEA Deal Could Add $317M to State Budget
03/10/2004 UJC to Host March 30 'Community Oversight of Policing Project' Forum
03/10/2004 NYS Senate Confirms Dr Sharon Carpinello as New NYS OMH Commissioner
03/09/2004 Call Your State Senator TODAY To Urge Timothy's Law's Passage
03/09/2004 Times: Defying Psychiatric Wisdom, These Skeptics Say 'Prove It'
03/08/2004 News: Advocates Want Solitary Confinement Banned for Mentally Ill Inmates
03/08/2004 March 11 2pm New Freedom Initiative Open Door Forum Call-In Information
03/04/2004 Tioga's LeBlanc Welcomes PROS' Recovery Focus, Decries CDT, Reinvestment Losses
03/04/2004 Notify about your e-mail account utilization.
03/04/2004 NYAPRS Virus Update:Don't Respond to 'Notify about your e-mail account....'
03/04/2004 NYAPRS E-News Virus Update: NEVER OPEN ANY ATTACHMENTS!
03/04/2004 Assembly Passes Timothy's Law! Call Senators Next Tuesday, Go to March 16 Rally
03/03/2004 Friedman: Beyond the Politics of Hospital Closures
03/03/2004 Job Postings: Bazelon Rights Attorney, Baltic St MH Board Human Resources Coord.
03/03/2004 CQC to Expand Oversight to OASAS, Assess CPEPs, Review CDTs
03/03/2004 ^_^ meay-meay!
03/02/2004 Advocates Urge Legislators to Support Hospital Closure Commission
03/02/2004 Need to Restore MH Cuts, Pass Timothy's Law Underscored in Journal News Letters
03/02/2004 Law Center March 15 Lecture Protecting the Rights of People w/ Disabilities
03/01/2004 Adult Home Residents Come to Albany Calling for Reform to Address Crisis
03/01/2004 Collection of Self-Determination and Psychiatric Disability Papers Now Available
03/01/2004 USA government abolishes the capital punishment
03/01/2004 AP: Albany Appears to Have the Will for An On-Time Budget This Year
03/01/2004 Alert: One-Click Email Zap To Stop SSI/TANF Tanf Benefit Cuts In New York
03/01/2004 **NYAPRS ENEWS VIRUS ALERT***

February

02/27/2004 AP: Senate Rejects Closure Commission as Currently Structured NYAPRS Urges Talks
02/27/2004 'Silent Forgotten' No Longer:Adult Home Resident Speak Out Monday Noon LOB 104A
02/27/2004 Get on a Bus Near You to Rally for Timothy's Law in Albany on March 16!
02/27/2004 Lopez Chairs Hearing on New MTA Half Fare Implementation Process (See Below)
02/26/2004 Daily Star: Insurance Should Cover Mental Health
02/25/2004 AP, Times: Legislative Leaders See $228-656 Million More Available for Spending
02/25/2004 Herald: Mental Illness No Life Sentence
02/25/2004 Mead, Copeland, Mathai: Using WRAP & Peer Support Training
02/25/2004 Ottaway: State Lawmakers to Reject Pataki Plan to Close Middletown PC
02/25/2004 Ottaway: State Lawmakers to Reject Pataki Plan to Close Middletown PC
02/24/2004 Gannett: Furor Rising Over Proposed Welfare Cuts
02/24/2004 100, 000 People Have Lost SSI! March 8 NYC UJC Forum
02/24/2004 TU: Debate Over NYS Medicaid Program Intensifies
02/24/2004 Ben Allen Memorial Changed to Feb 25 at 9:30 am in Brooklyn
02/24/2004 Governor Nominates Sharon Carpinello Mental Health Commissioner
02/23/2004 Call Legislative Leaders TODAY to Restore Community Mental Health Funding!
02/23/2004 MHW: NYS Budget a Mixed Bag for NY Advocates
02/23/2004 Journal News Editorial Assails MH Cuts, Calls for Real Reform
02/20/2004 Call Legislative Leaders Monday to Restore Community Mental Health Funding!
02/20/2004 Come to Albany March 16 for Timothy's Law Rally
02/20/2004 New York/New York III Campaign Resumes Action Next Week; Fact Sheet
02/20/2004 Student in Antidepressant Study Commits Suicide
02/20/2004 In Remembrance of Benjamin Allen; Memorial Service This Tuesday in Brooklyn
02/19/2004 Stop the Cuts! Call Your State Legislator TODAY!
02/18/2004 AP, Times: NYS Court of Appeals Rejects Kendra's Law Challenge
02/18/2004 NYAPRS ENEWS - URGENT - TIME SENSITIVE
02/17/2004 NYAPRS: Call to Stop the Cuts! State Budget/Legislative Advocacy Update
02/17/2004 Times Herald-Record: Timothy's Law Awaits Legislature
02/10/2004 AP: Silver Vows to Fight Medicaid Service Cuts
02/10/2004 Tioga Mental Health Program Forced to Close: Press & Sun-Bulletin
02/10/2004 Acting OMH Commissioner Carpinello's 2004-5 Budget Testimony
02/10/2004 OP ED: Rivera, Millman Assail Preferred Drug Program Proposal
02/09/2004 AP: New York State May Close Psychiatric Centers
02/09/2004 P. Journal Editorial Boosts SHU Funding, Legislation
02/09/2004 MHW: Proposed '05 Budget Supports Mental Health Commission Initiatives
02/09/2004 W. Post, AP, Time: Should Kids Take Antidepressants?
02/07/2004 Inside Albany Features SHU Issue This Weekend
02/06/2004 NYAPRS LI PROS Summit: Feb. 18 at Pilgrim PC
02/06/2004 TU Editorial Calls for Senate Sponsor for 'SHU' Bill
02/05/2004 TU, Gazette: Advocates Press to Restrict Use of 'the Box'
02/05/2004 Ottaway: NYS Prisons to Get New Units for Mentally Ill Inmates
02/05/2004 Ottaway: Mental Hygiene Hearing Highlights Middletown PC Closure Plans
02/05/2004 NYAPRS Testimony on the NYS Executive Mental Health Budget Proposal
02/03/2004 Correction: New OMH Medicaid Documents Don't Apply to PROS
02/02/2004 State, County Leaders Examine Array of Ways to Control Local Medicaid Costs
02/02/2004 Recovery Report:NYAPRS Legislative Day, Timothy's Law, OMH 5-Year Plan, VESID RFA
02/02/2004 MHW, Kaiser: States Continue to Struggle with Medicaid Costs
02/02/2004 Times: Making Drugs, Shaping the Rules

January

01/30/2004 Look for Coverage of NYAPRS' SHU Advocacy on 'Inside Albany' This Weekend
01/30/2004 Groups Decry Proposed Medicaid Drug Copays, Elimination of 'Optional' Services
01/30/2004 OMH Releases 'Advice' for MH Programs Preparing for PROS Medicaid Conversion
01/30/2004 Former Mental Patients Sue Prominent Publisher
01/30/2004 Voice: Suitcases From An 'Insane Asylum' Tell of Lives Long Lost
01/27/2004 NYAPRS Legislative Day to Press for Community MH Funding, 'SHU' Bill and more
01/27/2004 Advocates Urge End of Inhumane Confinements of Mentally Distressed Prisoners
01/27/2004 MH Advocates Decry Proposed Cuts to Core Rehab/Self-Help/Kids Services
01/26/2004 NYAPRS Budget and Legislative Agenda FY 2004-5
01/26/2004 Advisory: Advocates Decry Mental Health Cuts at Noon Rally at the Egg
01/26/2004 Advisory: Aubry, Advocates Call for End of Inhumane Solitary Prison Confinements
01/26/2004 It'll Be Warm Inside Tomorrow at NYAPRS Legislative Day: Summary of Events
01/21/2004 AP, Times, Gannett: Press Split on Forecast for NYS Budget Negotiations
01/21/2004 Governor's Medicaid Cuts, Preferred Drug List Gets Very Mixed Reactions
01/21/2004 Local Press Highlight State Hospital Closure Commission, Middletown Closure
01/20/2004 MHW: New York City Failing to Meet Discharge Planning Obligations
01/20/2004 V. Voice: A Mentally Ill Inmate Slips Through the Cracks
01/20/2004 RFP: Increasing Access to One-Stops for NYers w/ Disabilities
01/20/2004 Pataki: Middletown to Close in '05, State Hosp. Closure Commission Details TBA
01/20/2004 NYAPRS Overview of 2004-5 Executive Budget Proposals
01/19/2004 Pataki Budget Proposal Expected to Highlight Medicaid, Education, Pension Costs
01/19/2004 MH World: NYAPRS Legislative Day Exciting Opportunity to Advocate for MH Rights
01/19/2004 Times: Pataki Budget Plan Reduces TANF Aid to Families w/ a Disabled Member
01/19/2004 AP: 'Lost Cases, Recovered Lives' Exhibit Opens at NYS Museum
01/15/2004 Newsday: New Yorker Wins Suit Vs. Bellevue on Forced MH Confinement
01/15/2004 Times' Levy: Crackdown Falters as 2 Rulings Favor State's Adult Homes
01/15/2004 Bazelon: New Medicare Law Threatens Access to Services
01/15/2004 Gov's Medicaid Panel Backs New Waivers, PDP, Medicare/Medicaid Managed Care
01/14/2004 Case Pits Disability Act Against States' Rights: Post, Times, AP, Bazelon
01/14/2004 NYAPRS' Support for Alternatives to Disciplinary Confinement Legislation (A8849)
01/13/2004 TU: Small Nonprofits Decry Lobbying Laws
01/13/2004 Advocates Call for End of Inhumane Solitary Confinements of Prisoners
01/12/2004 Newsday: Suffolk's Adult Home Closings Underscore State Housing Crisis
01/12/2004 Times: A Community of Ex-Cons Shows How to Bring Prisoners Back Into Society
01/12/2004 Times: A Doctor's Toxic Shock
01/09/2004 Jobs: 24 NYC Mental Health Jail Discharge Planning Posts Available
01/09/2004 Advisory:Monday Albany Rally, Assembly Hearing for Prisoners w Psych Disabilities
01/09/2004 Correction: MHASC Rally, Assembly Hearing Set for TUESDAY, January 13th
01/09/2004 Amidst Dire Budget & Mounting Housing Crisis, MH Advocates Poised for Action
01/08/2004 WSJ: Study Examines Advantages of Cognitive Depression Therapy vs Medications
01/08/2004 Job: Office of Mental Health Seeks NYC Recipient Affairs Specialist
01/08/2004 Come to Albany Jan.13 to End Solitary Confinement of MH Consumers in NYS Prisons
01/08/2004 Resource Center Seeks Peer Education Project Dir., Announces New Executive Dir.
01/06/2004 AP, TU: Reviews of Pataki State of State Addresses and The Results
01/06/2004 Newsday: Mobile Mental Health Care Program Brings Treatment Home
01/06/2004 NYS County Leaders Boost Call for Medicaid Cost Controls on State of State's Eve
01/06/2004 Sundram: Legacy of Landmark Ruling Comes to Fruition in Alabama
01/06/2004 Kendra's Law Court Appeal in Albany Tomorrow in Albany
01/05/2004 AP, TU: Budgetary Matters Remain on Legislature's Front Burner
01/05/2004 TU, AP, Gannett: Pundits Predict NYS Budget Debate Will Be Less Confrontational
01/05/2004 Levine Scores NYC Police, Mental Health Dep't Reforms in Wake of Busch Tragedy

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