E-News Bulletin Archives

2005 E-News Bulletin Archives

December

12/31/2005 MHW: Medicaid, Medicare, MH Funding Seen as Top 2006 Challenges
12/30/2005 OMH: First PROS License Set to Start Jan 3 in Plattsburgh
12/29/2005 Boston Globe: Schools Shoulder Load for Kids' Mental Health Care
12/29/2005 Wringing in the New Year for Dual Eligibles in Medicare Part D
12/29/2005 New Program Helps Teens Overcome Eating Disorders
12/28/2005 TU: A Child in Need Inspires a Life of Advocacy
12/28/2005 The NYS Fight to Stop Fed Medicaid Cuts Turns to Upstate Republican Moderates
12/28/2005 House: Gratitude Can Improve Psychological Well-Being
12/28/2005 D&C: Schumer Calls for Repeal of Some of New Medicare Drug Regs
12/28/2005 Last Chance for NYAPRS 06 Earlybird Conference Rates!
12/21/2005 AP: Senate Poised for Showdown on the Budget
12/21/2005 Times: Andrew Goldstein Conviction Overturned
12/21/2005 W Post: Medicare Part D a Tough Switch for 'Most Needy'
12/21/2005 Senate Approves Medicaid Cuts, Bill Going Back to House on a Technicality
12/21/2005 USPRA: Still an Opportunity to Fight Medicaid Cuts When House Re-Considers Budget
12/20/2005 Senate Budget Vote Very Tight: Call Your Senator to Oppose Medicaid Cuts!
12/20/2005 Times, Reuters: How Budget Deal Could Hurt Medicaid, Medicare Beneficiaries
12/19/2005 GOP Leaders's Medicaid Cuts Go to Senate Minus Food Stamp Reductions
12/19/2005 J News, Times Decry Medicare Part D Mess
12/19/2005 'Insights on Transitioning to Part D' Kaiser Conference Call Today
12/16/2005 Urge Senate to Postpone Action on ANWAR and, In Turn, Medicaid Cuts
12/16/2005 Psych Services: IOM Focuses on the
12/15/2005 OMH Releases Finalized PROS Regulations
12/15/2005 USPRA Offers Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Audio Conference
12/15/2005 CPRP Commission Welcomes 128 CPRPs, Sets 2006 Exam Dates
12/15/2005 White House Conference on Aging Taps Elder MH Needs As a Priority
12/15/2005 Post-Standard: MH Advocates Seek Additional Funding
12/14/2005 Study: Mental Health of Children Most Harmed Before Divorce
12/13/2005 AP: Compulsive Eating Support Groups on Rise
12/13/2005 Special Early Bird Rates for NYAPRS 2006 Annual Conference!
12/13/2005 Listen to NPR 'Law Enforcement & Mental Illness' 6pm Piece Tonight
12/12/2005 British Peer Survey Calls for Alternatives to Inpatient Care
12/12/2005 OMH: Medicare Part D Formulary Comparison Chart Available on Website
12/12/2005 RI Psych Hospital Chief Quits Over Sex Offender Confinement Policy
12/12/2005 B. News Urges
12/12/2005 Urge NY House Republicans to Nix Budget Plan That Would 'Eviscerate' Safety Net
12/12/2005 Times, USPRA Decry: Proposed Federal Medicaid Co-Pay Hikes
12/12/2005 Bazelon National Alert: Call Congress to Preserve Healthcare Safety Net!
12/12/2005 Info on OMH Licensed Programs Now Available Online
12/12/2005 L Gazette: NYS Adult Home Residents Want Dignity, Choice
12/12/2005 Times: Workouts Are Potent Mental Health Medicine
12/11/2005 MHW: NYS Advocates Favor Elements of Assembly Sex Offender Proposal
12/09/2005 What if a Dually Eligible Beneficiary Isn't Auto-enrolled in Medicare Part D?
12/08/2005 GNS: Adult Home Advocates Continue to Seek Promised Community Housing
12/07/2005 Va: Outgoing Gov Wants More Comm Services, Smaller St Hospital
12/07/2005 WHO Dedicates 12/10 Human Rights Day to PWPDs
12/07/2005 Vt Advocates Seek Public Acceptance of Proposed Facility
12/07/2005 NYS Assembly Proposes Comprehensive Sex Offender Legislative Package
12/07/2005 TU, Gannett React to Assembly Sex Offender Pkg; Times Editorial
12/07/2005 Alert: Tell Us if Your Program has Been Notified of a Budget Cut
12/06/2005 P News: Depression Treatment in Black Women Must Consider Social Factors
12/05/2005 Call Gov Pataki Today for a 10% Rate Hike for Recovery/Rehab Svces!
12/05/2005 Post Star: Dual Recovery Supports/Services Making a Difference
12/05/2005 AP: Congress Readying for Deal on Proposals to Cut Medicaid
12/04/2005 LA Times: Calls to Extend Deadline for Controversial Medicare Drug Benefit
12/04/2005 MHW: Oklahoma Moves Forward with New 'Transformation' Programs
12/04/2005 MHW: New York Housing Initiative to Help Homeless Population with SMI
12/04/2005 Journal: No Carolina MH Reform Effort Failing to Keep Up With Need
12/04/2005 Congress Budget Deal Pending: Urge Your Reps to Reject Medicaid Cuts!
12/02/2005 DOH: Medicaid Wraparound May Pay for Drug Denied Under New Medicare Part D
12/02/2005 USPRA Fall PSR Connection Details Much Progress, Promise
12/02/2005 Call Gov Pataki NEXT WEEK for a 10% Rate Hike for Recovery/Rehab Svces!
12/02/2005 NYAPRS Seeks FT Administative Assistant
12/01/2005 Ex-Patient Returns to State Hospital to Teach WRAP Self-Help Techniques
12/01/2005 GAO: Bad Info, Confusion Common in New Medicare Initiative Rollout
12/01/2005 ATSA: 10 Things You Should Know About Sex Offenders, Treatment
12/01/2005 Save the Date! NYAPRS Albany Jan 31 '06 Legislative Day
12/01/2005 ATSA: Sex Offender Policies Should Be Driven by Facts, Not Fear

November

11/30/2005 Times: Drug Costs Run Free Under New York Medicaid
11/30/2005 W Post: Federal Medicaid Cutbacks Divide Democrats
11/30/2005 W Post: Drug Cos., Advocates Got MH Drug Exemption from Fed Preferred Drug Pgms
11/30/2005 Medicaid Fraud Targeted in Nassau, Tioga, Onondaga Counties
11/30/2005 Times: Insurers' Tactics in Marketing Medicare Drug Plan Draw Complaints
11/30/2005 NCD Calls for New SSA Rules to Overcome Work Barriers for PWDs
11/29/2005 AAPD: Urge Your Congressional Reps to Oppose Cuts, Visit Your Program
11/29/2005 OMH's PSYCKES Clinical Decision Making Tool Wins Nat. Innovations Award
11/28/2005 Times, AP: Controversy Mounts as Sex Offender is Released from Psych. Commitment
11/28/2005 CSOM: Myths and Facts About Sex Offenders
11/28/2005 Journal News Calls for More In-Prison, Post Incarceration Sex Offender Treatment
11/28/2005 SAMHSA Dec 15 Role of Peer Support in Disaster Preparation for PWPDs
11/27/2005 GNS: Congressional $ Cuts Would Hurt NYS Social Programs
11/27/2005 Post-Standard: Administration Says Rising Costs Will Consume Budget Surplus
11/22/2005 Advocates for 10% Recovery/Rehab Services Hike Get Warm Welcome in Albany
11/22/2005 Advocates for 10% Recovery/Rehab Services Hike Get Warm Welcome in Albany
11/21/2005 Call Gov Pataki TODAY for Urgent 10% Funding Hike for Community Recovery Services!
11/21/2005 GNS, AP: House, Senate Facing Difficult Budget Cut Talks
11/21/2005 Sun, Post: Pataki Stays Sex Offender Releases with Appeal
11/21/2005 Times: NYS, Feds May Not Renew Medicaid Facilitated Enrollment Program
11/18/2005 House Narrowly Approves Most of Its 5 Year Deficit Reduction Cuts
11/18/2005 House Democrats, GOP Moderates Defeat Proposed '06 Health, Education Cuts
11/18/2005 House Narrowly Approves Most of its Proposed Cuts
11/18/2005 Call Albany THIS Monday for a 10% Hike for Community MH Svces!
11/17/2005 GNS, Post: Assembly Won't Rush on Sex Offender Bill
11/17/2005 AP: Andrew Goldstein Appeals His Conviction
11/17/2005 House Budget Vote Expected Soon: Join Advocates, Call DC Today
11/16/2005 Times: Judge Requires Sex Offenders Get Independent Evaluations, Hearing
11/16/2005 Levine: NYPD's Fyfe Pioneered Improved Police MH Response, Traning
11/16/2005 LA to Prioritize Housing, Children in New $90 Million MH Initiative
11/15/2005 Call Albany This Monday for a 10% Rate Hike for Community Recovery/Rehab Svces!
11/15/2005 DC Update: Call Senators to Oppose Soc Security Accounts, House Leaders Regrouping
11/15/2005 CVMHA Joins Nat. Lawsuit to Protect Medicare Part D Beneficiaries
11/14/2005 Times: Confusion Is Rife About Medicare Drug Plan as Sign-Up Nears
11/14/2005 12 States Now Adopt CPRP Credential; Sign up for Spring Exams
11/14/2005 Daily News: Judge to Rule on Sex Offender Confinements in State Psych Hosp.
11/11/2005 Round I: Advocates Sway House GOP Moderates to Reject Medicaid Cuts!
11/11/2005 CBPP: Who's Hurt, Helped Under House Budget Proposal
11/10/2005 USPRA Alert: Call Your Representative TODAY to Vote No on the House Budget Bill
11/10/2005 W Post: Embattled House Budget Proposal That Cuts Medicaid Could Go Either Way
11/10/2005 Alert: Urge Reps. Fossella, Kelly and Walsh to Vote No on Medicaid Cuts
11/10/2005 NYAPRS Training Collective Seeks NYC Regional Educator
11/10/2005 USPRA: House Leaders Pull Budget Bill, Come Up Short of Votes
11/09/2005 Daily News: Cover Your Sandbox-Parasitic Spores in Cat Waste Cause Schizophrenia
11/09/2005 P News: Good News Forecast on Medicare Part D Drug Formularies
11/09/2005 P News: Prison Punishment Exacerbates Inmates' Psychiatric Illnesses
11/09/2005 NYAPRS to Host NYC Medicare Part D/Advocacy Forum Next Thursday
11/09/2005 Last Chance to Urge Your Representative to Oppose Medicaid Cuts!
11/08/2005 NYC/NYS Reach Agreement to Create 9,000 New Supportive Housing Units
11/08/2005 SSA Seeks Input on Ticket to Work Regs Revision by Dec 29
11/08/2005 Call Washington Today to Oppose House Budget Bill Medicaid Cuts
11/07/2005 USPRA: Congress Rejects Proposed Cuts to Medicaid Rehabilitation Services
11/07/2005 Correction: US Medicaid Rehab Advocates Win Round One
11/03/2005 Commissioner Carpinello Names Members of Kendra's Law Review/Improvement Panel
11/03/2005 Lawyers Challenge NYS Confinement of Sex Offenders in State Psych Hospitals
11/03/2005 Liebman: In Memory and Honor of Jerry Klein
11/03/2005 Correction: Liebman in Memory and Honor of Jerry Klein
11/02/2005 Recovery Without Drugs? NYC Nov 5 Presentation
11/01/2005 SSA: 4.1% Benefits Hike in 2006

October

10/31/2005 Journal: RI Psychiatrists Object to Civil Commijtment of Sex Offenders
10/31/2005 Ex Federal Medicaid Chief Decries House Committee Proposals
10/31/2005 LA Times: Employment & Education Increasingly Common MH Focus
10/31/2005 Pataki: $1 Billion '05 Surplus, $400M Cost of '06 Medicare Drug Benefit
10/31/2005 New IOM 'Crossing the Quality Chasm' MH Report Out Today; Webcast Available
10/28/2005 Post: NYS Sex Offenders Moved to More Secure Kirby Psych Center
10/28/2005 USPRA: Register for June '06 Phoenix Annual Conf, Nov 14 Community Integration Interactive Audioconference
10/28/2005 USA Today:
10/28/2005 USA Today: Antidepressant Scripts for Kids Drop by 1/4 Since Suicide Link
10/28/2005 Reporter: On-Campus Suicide a Hidden Killer
10/27/2005 FDA Approves Lower-Dose Depression Patch
10/27/2005 P News: Assessing First Responders' Needs Favored Over Formal `Debriefing'
10/27/2005 Long Island Leads in Consolidating Human/Mental Health Services in One Facility
10/26/2005 Home Depot Pays for Firing Worker w/out Consulting Job Coach
10/24/2005 NARPA Annual Rights Conference Nov 17-20 in Hartford, CT
10/24/2005 Advance: NY Dep't of Corrections Downplays Prison Suicides
10/24/2005 Times: Florida Gambles on New Medicaid Managed Care Program
10/24/2005 European Union Launches Green Paper on Mental Health
10/24/2005 CHN: No Food Stamps Cut; House Delays Budget Cuts Actions
10/24/2005 Herald: Vt VA Walk-in Clinic that Moves MH into Primary Care Setting Honored
10/24/2005 Take Action! Tell Congress to Reject Anti-Advocacy Language in Housing Bill
10/24/2005 MHW: MHA of NYC Helps PWPDs Get on Fast Track to Work
10/24/2005 Recorder: 9th Circuit Panel Fumes Over Forced Medication
10/24/2005 Maine Managed MH Care Initiative Could Extend Court Control of System
10/24/2005 You Must Pre-Register to Attend 11/16 Mind Your Health NYC Conference
10/20/2005 Study: Attempted Suicide Often Snap Decision Fueled by Drugs, Alcohol
10/20/2005 AP: Reinvestment Act Sponsor, Assembly Leader Sanders Retires
10/20/2005 NIMH Launches Campaign to Inform Latino Community About Depression
10/20/2005 Kaiser Medicaid Report: Rising Health Costs, Eroding Private Insurance Benefits Spurred Medicaid Growth
10/20/2005 Nov 16 'Mind Your Health' NYC Conf Focuses on Health/Recovery Links
10/20/2005 MHEP Hosts Nov 8 Long Island, Nov 10 NYC Conferences, Mathai Keynote Featured
10/19/2005 NYAPRS Releases 2005 State Advocacy Round Up, Kicks off Regional Forums
10/19/2005 GNS: Commitment of Sex Offenders in State Psych Faciltiies to be a Top Political Issue
10/19/2005 'Out of the Shadows' Filmmaker Smiley Featured at Tomorrow's MHANYS Conference Event
10/19/2005 European Union Takes Focus on Tackling Mental Health Problems
10/18/2005 USPRA Announces Launch of New Website
10/18/2005 Study: Americans w Disabilities Face Scarcer Jobs
10/18/2005 Arab Americans, Other Cultures Wary of Treatment Mental Illness
10/18/2005 Job: Director of Rochester's Mental Health Coalition Peer Services
10/17/2005 GNS: NYS Budget Director Warns of Possible Health Care, Education Cuts
10/17/2005 Times: NYC Man w Psych Disability Severely Beaten in His Building
10/14/2005 Journal News Backs Rockland Jail MH Unit
10/14/2005 'Trends, Challenges in Housing for PWPDs' Oct 26 NYC Talk
10/14/2005 Recovery Without Drugs? NYC Nov 5 Presentation
10/14/2005 Ctr for Rehab & Recovery Offers Nov 7-9 Benefits Counseling Trainings
10/13/2005 Oct 19 NYAPRS NYC, LI Forums Seek Input for '06 Advocacy Priorities
10/12/2005 RMNews: Yankees' Recent Failure Pose Mental Health Risk for Unsettled Nation
10/12/2005 MH Advocates Protest Policy to House Sex Offenders in State Psychiatric Centers
10/12/2005 Oct 21-22 NYC Breaking the Silence Conf on Suicide Prevention Among Asian Americans
10/12/2005 SAMHSA Awards $13.2 for MH Services for Older Adults
10/12/2005 NYS Agencies to Submit 'Flat' Budget Request by October 21
10/11/2005 Bazelon: Urge Congress to Oppose Medicaid Cuts!
10/11/2005 Newsday: NJ Gov Creates Council to Address MH Stigma
10/11/2005 Doctor Endorses Ayurveda on World Mental Health Day
10/11/2005 Doctor Endorses Ayurveda on World Mental Health Day
10/11/2005 MHW: Ct Settlement Approved for Inmate MH Evaluation, Treatment
10/06/2005 AP: Congress Seeks to Cut Food Aid for Poor
10/05/2005 IN State Bar Urges MH Screenings for Juvenile Offenders
10/05/2005 Maryland Forms Multi-Agency and Stakeholder Transformation Work Group
10/05/2005 Jobs: NYC Peer Ctr Deputy Director, Albany AHP workforce Dev. Specialist, CDC Program Associate
10/05/2005 The Elephant in the Room: Latinos and Mental Health
10/05/2005 J. News Pans Gov Sex Offender Confinements, Calls On Assembly; Experts Rip Legislation
10/05/2005 ND: Committing Sex Offenders Costly, PA: Considers GPS Tracking
10/04/2005 J. News: Rockland Task Force Proposes MH Unit At County Jail
10/03/2005 Drug Plans in Medicare Start Effort on Marketing: Times, D&C, Newsday
10/03/2005 Times: Governor Uses Involuntary Commitment Procedure to Confine Sex Offenders to State PC
10/03/2005 MHW Editor Wins Media Award From New York Association
10/03/2005 Vermont Approves State Medicaid Block Grant
10/03/2005 Groups Host
10/03/2005 SAMHSA Awards Grants to Help Children, Teens w/ Trauma Recovery

September

09/30/2005 'Adapting Services to be Culturally & Linguistically Responsive' Oct 20 Batavia Conference
09/30/2005 SAMHSA Awards $1.2 Million for Services to Holocaust Survivors
09/29/2005 Houses of Worship Play Critical Role in Supporting, Isolating PWPDs
09/29/2005 Internet Hoax Snares Cruise
09/29/2005 10/7 Mid-Hudson 'Bridge Walk 2005' to Celebrate Hope
09/28/2005 USPRA Medicaid, Medicare, Kartrina, Budget Updates
09/28/2005 Targeted Warnings Added to Paxil, Straterra Labels
09/27/2005 HHS Announces Real Choice System Change Grants for PWDs in 17 States
09/27/2005 MHANYS' Oct 20-1 Conference Features Susan Smiley, Spiro Sisters
09/27/2005 Help Shape NYAPRS '06 Advocacy Agenda: Join Policy Committee's Oct 7th Teleconference!
09/26/2005 Feds Approve New Medicare Drug Plans, Organizations in Each State
09/26/2005 HHS Announces Medicare Drug Plan Auto-Enrollment System
09/26/2005 Medicare Releases Prescription Drug Plan Cost Estimator
09/26/2005 ICL Awarded Wernert Award, NYAPRS Peer Bridger Project, Pathways to Housing Honored
09/26/2005 OMH Research Institute Receives Federal Award For Suicide Prevention
09/26/2005 California Counties Plan to Makeover MH System w/ New Dollars
09/26/2005 NCD: UN Rights of PWD Convention Update
09/26/2005 Scientologist Cruise to Give 4 Mental Health Lectures
09/26/2005 Study: Mental Health Treatment Lacking For Latinos
09/26/2005 OMH: What Might a Transformed Public Mental Health System Look Like?
09/26/2005 Ringwald: Not Guilty by Reason of Medication
09/26/2005 View 'Reducing the Use of Seclusion and Restraints' CMS Webcast
09/20/2005 Study: 3/4 Stop Psych Meds Due to Side Effects, Poor Results; Patient Choice/Access Critical
09/20/2005 NYAPRS Keynoter Ragins Offers Recovery-Based Program Inventory
09/19/2005 NYS Comptroller Cites Higher State Revenues, Brighter Picture
09/19/2005 P-G: Fierce Opposition Arises To MH Screening In Schools
09/19/2005 Study: People w/ Severe Psych Disabilities 12x More Often Crime Victims
09/19/2005 NYAPRS Boosts Member Benefits in Parntership w/ CCSNYS
09/19/2005 Last Call: Register Today for the NYAPRS Conference!
09/16/2005 Record: 'Old Goal Was Med Compliance, New Goal is College'
09/16/2005 Recovery in the African American Community Sept 24 NYC Conference
09/15/2005 Star: State Audit Slams Missouri's Dep't of Mental Health
09/15/2005 VESID Seeks Input at Next Week's NYAPRS Conference Presentation
09/15/2005 Group to Promote Better Outcomes for Minority Individuals w/ Disabilities
09/14/2005 NYC Stabbing Coverage: From 'Cackling Psycho' to 'Tragic Exception'
09/13/2005 Bazelon: Use Federal Budget Delay to Call Vs. Devastating Medicaid Cuts
09/13/2005 Children's Mental Health Needs Must Be Addressed In A Crisis
09/13/2005 From Stigma to Shunning: Staten Island Heightens Opposition to MH Residence
09/12/2005 NYAPRS Conference Rooms Going Fast: Register Today!
09/12/2005 Herald: Homeless Man Starts Mental Health Blog
09/08/2005 Sederer Award, Ex-Duprees Singer, Vega Comic Added to NYAPRS Conference Program
09/08/2005 Peer Support Can Play a Very Important Disaster Relief Role
09/07/2005 Study: Understanding Triggers, Routine May Help Those With Bipolar Disorder
09/07/2005 L Gazette: First of 3 New Eating Disorder Treatment Centers Launched in NYS
09/07/2005 OMH Launches Timely Suicide Awareness Program in Schools
09/06/2005 MHW, GNS: NYS Landmark MH Law for Seniors Hailed
09/06/2005 CMHR: Urge US Senators to Save Critical Medicaid Services!
09/06/2005 Register Today for 'One of Nation's Finest Recovery Conferences'!
09/06/2005 NYAPRS Releases 23rd Annual Conference Schedule
09/06/2005 HHS Seeks Healthcare Volunteers to Aid Katrina Victims
09/06/2005 USPRA Mourns, Celebrates Carol Mowbray
09/02/2005 'One of Nation's Finest Recovery Conferences': NYAPRS Conference Schedule Pt 1
09/02/2005 (Con't) NYAPRS Conference Schedule Part 2

August

08/30/2005 SAMHSA Proposes Expansion of National Registry of Evidence-Based Practices
08/30/2005 NYAPRS Announces 2005 Award Winners
08/30/2005 NIH Awards Grant to Put Research Findings into MH Rehab Practice
08/30/2005 Gazette: 'Locking Up the Sick' in Colorado
08/25/2005 Gov Pataki Signs Law Creating National Model for Elder MH Boom
08/24/2005 Globe: Vt Advocates Ask US Justice Dep't to Protect State Hospital Patients
08/24/2005 APA President Urges New Ethical Code re Drug Company Ties
08/24/2005 Bazelon: Action Needed to Stem Loss of Housing
08/24/2005 Pataki's Dismissal of People-First Language as 'Politicly Correct' At Odds w/ National Policy
08/19/2005 Report: New Medicare Drug Benefit Threatens Access to Psychiatric Medications
08/19/2005 Bazelon: Uge Congress to Reject Administration's Threatening Medicaid Proposal Language!
08/18/2005 Kirk: Are We All Going Mad, Or Are The Experts Crazy?
08/18/2005 NMHA: Medicaid Recipients Urged to Complete Survey re Medicaid
08/17/2005 MHEP Announces Fall Conference Pgm, Seeks Office Mgr, Peer Trainer
08/17/2005 USPRA Update: Medicaid, Medicare, HUD, Drug Costs
08/17/2005 CNN: So Carolina Proposes Medicaid Personal Health Accounts
08/16/2005 Making Recovery
08/16/2005 Person-Centered Care Author Grieder to Highlight NYAPRS Seminar, Conference Programs
08/16/2005 Quilt Project Launched to Highlight Plight of NYS Prisoners w Psych Disabilities in the Box
08/16/2005 City Limits: NYC Adult Home Residents Demand Air Conditioning
08/16/2005 Write/Call Gov Pataki to Sign Geriatric Mental Health Act Now!
08/16/2005 CMHS: Self Direction: Consumer Choice in Action
08/16/2005 Times: Rulings Trim Legal Leeway Given Medicaid Recipients
08/16/2005 OMH's Carpinello Launches Kendra's Law Quality Improvement Initiative
08/16/2005 NYAPRS Releases 23rd Annual Conference Program Details
08/09/2005 Report: Consumer/Survivor Initiatives Are Key To Recovery
08/08/2005 Report: Consumer/Survivor Initiatives Are Key To Recovery
08/05/2005 Register Today for NYAPRS Transformation Seminar, NYAPRS Annual Conference...or Both!
08/04/2005 NYAPRS' Seminar to Feature Nation's Leaders in Service Transformation
08/03/2005 Study: Despite Public Stigma, Mental Health Consumers are 11 Times More Likely Victims of Violence
08/03/2005 AAPD: Application for Hearne Nat. Disability Leadership Award Due Sept. 9
08/03/2005 NYSRA: 8/17 Getting Ready for Medicare D Web Seminar
08/02/2005 NIMH Funds Uni. of Rochester to Train Geriatric MH Researchers
08/02/2005 'ourier: Indiana Groups Working To Privatize State Hospital
08/02/2005 USA Today: More Kids Get Multiple Psychiatric Drugs
08/02/2005 N&O: Costly Gap Remains in Medicare Mental Health Bills
08/01/2005 NAMI: Congress Acts on MH Services, Housing, Parity-Related Initiatives
08/01/2005 Comment on NIDDR's Plan for Disability/Rehab Research
08/01/2005 NYNP: Governor Vetoes Not-For-Profit Contracting Bill
08/01/2005 WSJ: Studies Could Alter Treatment For Depression, Schizophrenia

July

07/29/2005 Report: Consumer/Survivor Initiatives Are Key To Recovery
07/28/2005 16 Nat. Groups Release Roadmap for MH Reform as 'Emergency Response'
07/28/2005 Ruling to Appoint Guardian, Sell House of 'Incapacitated' Woman Overturned
07/28/2005 Ask Sen. Schumer to Include Affordable Housing Trust Fund in Pending Bill
07/28/2005 'WRAP and the Internet': Using the Net for Self Help and Wellness
07/27/2005 Times: NYS Gov. Pataki Will Not Seek 4th Term
07/27/2005 US Surgeon Gen's's 'Calll to Action on Disability', Myths and Facts, Web Links
07/27/2005 Groups Join in Statement of Solidarity on ADA's 15th Anniversary
07/27/2005 SSA: Social Security Applicants Can Now Get Decision in 20 Days
07/25/2005 Deegan: History and Self-Directed Recovery
07/25/2005 Deegan: The Importance of Personal Medicine
07/25/2005 Deegan: Relationships Can Heal
07/25/2005 California Co Considers Banning Providers From Decisions on New $
07/25/2005 EMDR Rapidly Growing Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress
07/25/2005 NM: House Committee Slots $2+ Billion for Vet's Mental Health
07/22/2005 NHeLP July Federal Policy Update
07/22/2005 Seven NYS-Based Organizations Post Job Openings
07/22/2005 Study:Poor Provider Relationship, Coercion High Predictors for Nonadherence w Meds
07/22/2005 SAMHSA: 6 Federal Agencies to Collaborate on MH Action Agenda
07/21/2005 RNN: Physical Health Needs of Patients With Mental Illness Are Overlooked
07/21/2005 C Post: Watching Your Food Can Raise Your Mood
07/21/2005 BBC: Contact with Nature Among Top Stress Reducers
07/20/2005 As Times Assails NYS Medicaid Oversight, Pataki Creates Medicaid Inspector
07/20/2005 AP: FDA OKs Controversial Brain Stimulator for Depression
07/20/2005 ADA Advocate Decry Bush Supreme Court Nominee Roberts
07/19/2005 OMH Offers Recovery Training for Local Probation/ATI Programs
07/19/2005 Center for Psych. Rehab Announces November Trainings, Recovery Resoruces
07/18/2005 Times: New York Medicaid Fraud May Reach Into Billions, Poor Oversight
07/18/2005 'Trends in Employer-Provided MH/SA Benefits'; Timolthy's Law Letters
07/15/2005 Aug. 11-14 Transformation Institute in Consumer Studes Conference
07/15/2005 Study: Advance Directives Yield a 'Wealth' of Treatment Preference Data
07/13/2005 P-G: A Microcosm of Mental Health Challenges for African-Americans
07/13/2005 LJW: Mental Health Needs Viewed from Two Angles
07/13/2005 RNW: Ethnic Differences in Battered Women's Help Seeking Strategies
07/11/2005 Does Western Culture Promote Mental Illness, Chronicity?
07/11/2005 Cruise Comments Stirs Old Controversy on Science of Mental Illness
07/11/2005 Yale: Nicotine Helps with Attention and Memory
07/10/2005 Sex Offender Controversy, Treatment: A Mental Health Issue?
07/05/2005 LA Times: U.S. to Seize California's Prison Health System
07/05/2005 NYAPRS E-News Off Rest of This Week
07/04/2005 J News: Morahan 'Says What's on His Mind..Does It From the Heart'
07/04/2005 TU: Health Plans Will Reduce MH Limits, Co-Pays if Legislature Passes Timothy's Law
07/04/2005 AP: Bill Will Boost NYS Oversight Over Disabled Youths' Out of State Treatment
07/01/2005 Check Out Extraordinary Program at July 19-21 WRAP UMass Conference!
07/01/2005 AJC: FDA Warns of ADHD Treatment's Side Effects
07/01/2005 Rochester Group Opens Residence for Women w/ Eating Disorders
07/01/2005 Alert: Ask US Senators to Fund Mental Health Services Adequately!
07/01/2005 SAMHSA Awards $60 Million for SA/MH Services for Homeless People

June

06/29/2005 Rivera Lauds Passage of Geriatric Mental Health Act of New York
06/28/2005 Diversity: Psychiatry's Missing Diagnosis (W Post Series)
06/28/2005 MHW: NY Report Cites Inadequate MH Services, Treatment for Inmates
06/28/2005 MHW: NY Advocates Disappointed Over Parity Stalemate
06/28/2005 NYAPRS 2005 NYS Legislative Round Up
06/28/2005 Last Call for Presentations for NYAPRS Conference 2005!
06/27/2005 MHW: Advocates Laud No Major MH Cuts, Some Oppose Anti-Screening Amendment
06/23/2005 PPI: Mental Health Reform, Parity-Plus, Critical to Fixing Medicaid
06/22/2005 NYS Legislature Rejects Kendra's Law Permanence, Requires Independent Study
06/22/2005 Job: The Evaluation Center Seeks a Research Associate
06/22/2005 USPRA June National Public Policy Update
06/21/2005 AP: Supporters of Timothy's Law Press for Passage of Compromise Measure
06/21/2005 TU, Advocate Oppose Kendra's Law Permanence
06/21/2005 WHO: Shaky Mental Health Rules Fuel Abuse of Patients' Rights
06/21/2005 Write WHO re Effective Community MH Rehab Services!
06/21/2005 NYSRA Makes Wise Hire for New CEO
06/21/2005 Urge Mayor Bloomberg, NYC Senators to Extend Rent Hike Exemption to PWDs
06/21/2005 Alert: SHU BILL STALLED, CALL ALBANY TODAY!
06/20/2005 P&SB: Binghamton Adult Home Cited for Poor Care, NYC Recruitment
06/20/2005 TU Parity Piece, Call Albany This Today, This Week!
06/20/2005 TU Editorial: When the Accused are Mentally Ill
06/16/2005 W. Post, AP: Governors Push for More State Medicaid Power
06/16/2005 Study: Mental Illness Holds Steady in United States, While Treatment Rises
06/16/2005 Illinois Governor Expands MH Services for Children
06/16/2005 Times: Separating Troubles from Mental Illnesses
06/15/2005 MHASC Advocates Press for Passage of 'SHU' Bill
06/15/2005 Bazelon: Act Now to Save Housing Resources!
06/15/2005 NHeLP June Federal Policy Update
06/15/2005 'Lost Cases, Forgotten Lives' Presentation Tomorrow at AMC Grand Rounds
06/15/2005 NYS Pushes TeenScreen MH Checkups to Prevent Teen Suicide
06/13/2005 NYPR: Advocates Offer Compromise on Timothy's Law
06/13/2005 P. Journal Urges NYS Legislature to Approve MH Parity
06/10/2005 TU: New Report Describes Need for Measure to 'Ban the Box' for Mentally Ill Inmates
06/10/2005 MHASC: Call Senate Leaders Tuesday to Pass the 'SHU' Bill!
06/09/2005 Artist:
06/09/2005 D&C: NYS Legislation Would Help Nonprofits Get Ontime Funding
06/09/2005 Urge Your Congressional Rep to Co-Sponsor MiCASSA!
06/09/2005 Come to Albany This Tuesday to Urge 'SHU' Bill Senate Passage
06/09/2005 D&C: Special Police Mental Health Team Gets Kudos
06/09/2005 Correction: Tuesday 'SHU' Bill Albany Date is June 14th
06/08/2005 P. Gazette: Suicide Survivors Often Don't Get Follow-up MH Care
06/08/2005 Post, Chronicle: Study Finds U.S. Leads In Mental Illness, Lags in Treatment
06/08/2005 Times: How Patients Can Use the New Access to Their Medical Records
06/08/2005 Times: Ruling Limits Prosecutions of Violators of HIPAA Medical Records Privacy Law
06/08/2005 Call Albany Tomorrow for Timothy's Law Passage
06/08/2005 Study: New York Economy Loses Billions to Depression, Suicide
06/07/2005 Timothy's Law Campaign Releases Updated Bill Addressing Small Business Concerns
06/07/2005 SSA Launches Nationwide Ticket to Work Events
06/07/2005 SAMHSA Report Examines a Decade of Spending on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Treatment
06/07/2005 L. Post: MH Patients Should Be Consulted About Treatment
06/03/2005 TU: Together on Most Issues, Some Advocates Disagree about Forced Outpatient Treatment
06/03/2005 Rivera Decries Absence of Consumer Reps on Preferred Drug Program Panel
06/02/2005 Times: Arts Program Scores with Girls in Florida's Juvenile Justice System
06/02/2005 Morning News: Dallas' Acclaimed MH System Reaches Crisis Point
06/02/2005 NJ Gov Boosts Adult Home Oversight, Pushes for Recovery Focus
06/02/2005 Controversial Mental Health Screening Plan Coming to Illinois
06/02/2005 AP: Governors Back Away From Medicaid Cuts Panel
06/01/2005 Call Your Senator TOMORROW to Pass Timothy's Law!
06/01/2005 C Post: Peer Warm Line Plays Important Role in Local System
06/01/2005 California Counties Select Priorities for New Mental Health Services Act $

May

05/31/2005 Journal News Backs Geriatric Mental Health Act
05/31/2005 Cocozza:Youths Placed in Detention for Lack of MH Alternatives
05/31/2005 CBS: ADHD Has Damaging Effect in the Workplace, for Workers' Earnings
05/31/2005 Center for Disease Control's Focus to Include Mental Health
05/31/2005 HHS Approves 2nd Multi-State Medicaid Drug Purchasing Pool
05/31/2005 Fla Gov Bush Vetoes Bill to Limit Children's MH Screenings
05/31/2005 W Post: Plan to Reorganize Agency Serving Disabled Draws Protests
05/31/2005 Job: NYS MH Housing Reform Campaign Project Director
05/27/2005 AP: Dems Won't Take Part in Medicaid Commission
05/26/2005 Call Washington to Protect Office of Disability Employment!
05/26/2005 SCAA Backs Proposal to Extend Kendra's Law, Add Improved Evaluation
05/26/2005 White House Report: Transportation Services Should be More Responsive to PWDs
05/26/2005 CSG: New Strategies to Get Medicaid for Released Inmates w/ Psych. Disabilities
05/26/2005 Bill To Protect Custody Rights of Parents of Children w/ Disabilities Moves Forward
05/26/2005 OMH to Hold June Regional Mental Health Planning Briefings/Hearings
05/26/2005 APA Decries Florida PDL Plan Change re Psych. Meds
05/24/2005 Times: NYS Takes Over Scandalous Brooklyn Adult Home
05/24/2005 Advocate Urges NYS Housing Agency to Address Disability Needs
05/24/2005 HHS Establishes Controversial National Medicaid Commission
05/24/2005 OMH: 'Saving Lives in NY Suicide Prevention and Public Health'
05/24/2005 Join Brooklyn Adult Home Residents in Supporting Mayor Bloomberg's Housing Initiative
05/24/2005 CNN: Latina Breaks Down Cultural Barriers to Mental Health Services
05/23/2005 CSAVR Reauthorization of Workforce Investment Act Update
05/23/2005 NYS Residential Providers Seek Kendra's Law Extender, Improved Reports
05/23/2005 OMH Goes to PROS Recipient Registration Process to Avoid Duplicate Billing
05/23/2005 NYS, Nation Highlight Growing Elder Mental Health Needs
05/23/2005 Clarification: Assembly Syracuse, NYC Hearings to Address Separate Issues
05/23/2005 Newsday Urges Kendra's Law Extender, Research
05/23/2005 VESID Holding Public Hearings This/Next Week on IDEA Implementation
05/20/2005 VESID Releases New UCS, Supported Employment Reimbursement Policies
05/20/2005 CNN, Infinite Mind Air Programs on Autism, Asperberger's Syndrome
05/20/2005 OMH Commissoner Carpinello Releases Groundbreaking Suicide Prevention Report
05/20/2005 P. Journal: 200 Hold Rally to End Homelessness in Hudson Valley
05/19/2005 NYSOMH Seeks Bids for Supported Housing/Supports for Adujlts
05/19/2005 VOCAL: Cookbook for Consumer-Run Programs
05/19/2005 LA Times: Antidepressant Ads Sway Primary Care Doctors
05/19/2005 Assembly Seeks Testimony for NYC, Syracuse Hearings on Restructuring MH Services
05/18/2005 CARF July 10-12 'Transforming Outcomes Data into Management Info' Conference
05/18/2005 State: So Carolina MH Director Ends 'Stormy 4 Year Term'
05/18/2005 AP: APA May Expand Its Support of Gay Unions
05/18/2005 Job Opening: Intensive Case Manager in Plattsburgh Area
05/18/2005 Coe Decries NY Sun Stigma Article
05/17/2005 AP: Supreme Court to Review Rights of Disabled Inmates
05/17/2005 Arizona to Undergo State Mental Health Services Audit
05/17/2005 Copeland Featured at July 19-21 Northeast WRAP Conference
05/16/2005 Times: NY Has Yet to Develop Adequate Housing Alternatives to Adult Homes
05/16/2005 Gannett: NYS Lawmakers Torn on Kendra's Law
05/16/2005 Release: Adult Home Advocates Press for Legislative Action in Wake of Another Tragedy
05/16/2005 Bazelon: Disability Rights Advocates Blast Pryor Vote
05/13/2005 NY Sun: 'Not A NIMBY, Typical Knee Jerk Reaction?
05/12/2005 Rivera: Sexual Predators A Criminal Not Mental Hygiene Issue
05/12/2005 New Mexico Opens Special Prison MH Treatment Center
05/12/2005 Assembly Disabilities Awareness Day Features White Paper Presentation
05/12/2005 May 16 Free Webcast/Teleconference Briefing on Medicare, New Drug Benefit
05/12/2005 Public: Several MH Conditions More Common Among Children, Adolescents
05/12/2005 Details on NYSDOH's June 3 Preferred Drug Program Kickoff Meeting
05/12/2005 Newsday Series
05/11/2005 Inside Albany:
05/11/2005 NYAPRS: Details on How $4.3 Million Will be Restored, P&T Committee to Start June 3
05/10/2005 Call Albany TODAY for Better Services, Not Kendra's Law Permanence
05/10/2005 Times: States Propose Sweeping Changes to Trim Medicaid by Billions
05/10/2005 NCD: 'Making EEO Mediation Accessible to People w/ Disabilities'
05/10/2005 Times: Investigation Launched Over Death of Wrongly Placed Adult Home Resident
05/09/2005 Don't Stop! Call Albany Tomorrow for Better Services, Not Forced Treatment
05/07/2005 TAC: Section 8 Voucher Proposal Closes the Door on People with Disabilities
05/07/2005 MHW: Better Services, Not Forced Treatment, Will Best Serve the Most Needy
05/06/2005 OMH Responds to Syracuse Children's Mental Health Controversy
05/06/2005 Advance: Slack Stresses Respect at South Beach Seminar
05/06/2005 Daily News: Political, Health Care Leaders Push for Timothy's Law at Bronx Event
05/06/2005 Laney: We Need Better Community Services, Not Forced Treatment
05/05/2005 Study: New Freedom Commission Viewed as Having 'Substantial Impact'
05/05/2005 California County Prepares to to Direct New 'Millionaire's Tax' $ for Transformation
05/05/2005 2005 White House Conference on Aging invites Public to Participate as
05/05/2005 Laney: We Need Better Community Services, Not Kendra's Law
05/04/2005 Saia: Change Your View of Mental Illness
05/04/2005 SAMHSA Hosts May 25 Webcast: Funding Self-Directed Mental Health Care
05/04/2005 PBS To Air May 10 'New Asylums' on 'Mental Health Behind Bars'
05/04/2005 Jobs: Aliiance Empowerment Coalition Seeks Regional Coordinators
05/04/2005 DPC Provides Update on Federal Budget Process
05/04/2005 Former RSA Commissioner Assails Bush Plan to Close Regional Offices
05/04/2005 One Woman's Courageous Effort for True System Reform, And Against Kendra's Law
05/04/2005 Hardpressed NYS County Considers Privatization, Outsourcing MH Services
05/03/2005 Advocates Assail Kendra's Law Reliance on Forced Treatment, Oppose Permanence
05/02/2005 Call Albany Tomorrow to Oppose Making Kendra's Law Permanent!

April

04/26/2005 E-Mail Washington Today to Protect Social Security for People w/ Disabilities!
04/26/2005 W Post: RSA Head Left in Protest of Dismantling of Job Programs for PWDs
04/26/2005 MM: Call Your NYS Representative Today to Oppose Federal Medicaid Cuts!
04/26/2005 Times: NYS, Nation Turning to Specialty, Treatment Courts
04/25/2005 Federal Medicaid Deal Emerging, Call to Stop Cuts!
04/25/2005 AP: Mentally Ill Sent to Mental Health Courts
04/25/2005 Times: Medicare Change Will Limit Access to Claim Hearing
04/25/2005 New Merged Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for PWDs Begins
04/25/2005 Bazelon: Beat Back a Double-Barreled Assault on Disability Rights
04/25/2005 USPRA Taps Marcie Granahan as New CEO
04/22/2005 DOJ Seeks Comments on 'Essential Elements of a Mental Health Court'
04/22/2005 Commissioner Carpinello Named Chair Of National Suicide Prevention Steering Committee
04/22/2005 AP: La. Psychologists Begin Prescribing Drugs
04/21/2005 Court Denies NYC's Attempt to Limit Required Mental Health Services
04/21/2005 Groups Press for Measure Making Low Income PWDs Eligible for Rent Benefit
04/21/2005 CQ: Federal Budget Deal Hinges on Medicaid Savings Agreement
04/20/2005 NAMI-NYC Hosts 'Imagining Robet' 4/23 featuring Neugeborens
04/20/2005 OMH Releases Statement on Kendra's Law's Utilization by People of Color
04/19/2005 NYAPRS' Public Testimony on Kendra's Law at Recent Assembly Hearing
04/19/2005 Gazette, Columbian: Parity Bills Moving in South Carolina, Washington
04/19/2005 Audit: DC Failed to Monitor Care Provided to Involuntary Inpatients
04/19/2005 David Gonzalez Delivers Public Testimony on Kendra's Law
04/17/2005 O-D: MH Drugs Biggest Medicaid Cost in Oneida County
04/17/2005 NewStandard: Kendra's Law Raises Ire of Civil Libertarians
04/15/2005 AP: Despite Restorations, NYS Medicaid Cuts Will Hurt the Poor
04/15/2005 Don't Miss Tomorrow's NYC Mental Health Film Festival!
04/14/2005 Jobs: Nebraska Behavioral Health Administrator, Westchester Homeless Outreach Worker
04/14/2005 Times: NYS Leaders Each Win Partial Victories in Medicaid Budget Fight
04/14/2005 Ottaway: Unions, Lawmakers Accept Middletown PC Closure Plans
04/14/2005 Apply for CMHS Consumer Scholarships to Alternatives 2005 Conference
04/14/2005 Times: NYC Has Begun Screening for' Risk of Depression'
04/13/2005 Final Budget: MH Restoration, Adult Home PNA, PDL Protections, FHP MH Benefits Preserved
04/12/2005 TU, AP: Last NYS Budget Negotiations May Stave Off Vetoes
04/12/2005 L. Gazette: Adult Home Residents Urge Support for PNA Hikes, Case Management/Peer Services
04/12/2005 USPRA: Negotiations over Budget Resolution and Medicaid Cuts Continues
04/10/2005 TU Profile on NYS Medicaid Challenges, Myths, Spending Breakdown
04/09/2005 NYAPRS Releases Conference Call for Papers, Featured Speakers
04/09/2005 'PC Winds of Change NEEDS FORMATTING HOVEY RECOGNITION
04/08/2005 SAMHSA, CMHS Launches 'Mental Health Transformation Trends' Briefings
04/08/2005 DOL Announces $19.8 Million for Prisoner Re-Entry Initiatives
04/08/2005 D&C: Rallies Urge Governor to Accept Legislature's Medicaid Restorations
04/08/2005 Times: U.S. Plans New, Deep Cuts in Housing Aid
04/08/2005 NYC Voices: Accupuncture As An Effective Treatment for Addiction's Cravings
04/08/2005 Carter Ctr 4/14 Webcast on Children's MH Care to Feature Tom O'Clair
04/08/2005 NARPA November Conference Releases Call for Proposals
04/07/2005 Times: Racial Disproportion Seen in Applying 'Kendra's Law'
04/07/2005 Alert: Urge Your US Reps to Sign On to Letter Opposing Medicaid Cuts!
04/07/2005 NYPR: Medicaid, Welfare, Tuition Hikes Highlight Ongoing NYS Budget Talks
04/05/2005 NYNP: Adult Home Residents Speak Out
04/05/2005 NAMI-NYC to Host April 23 Screening of 'Imagining Robert'
04/05/2005 CIAD: Adult Home Residents Urge Gov Pataki to Approve New Funding Initiatives
04/04/2005 MHW: 'Forced Treatment is Not the Answer'
04/04/2005 Times: State Board Calls Rikers Suicide a Glaring Case of Poor Care
04/04/2005 Levy: NYS Senate Leaders Call for New Medicaid Inspector General's Office
04/04/2005 FPI: Vulnerable NYers to Lose Key Benefits Under US House $ Plan
04/04/2005 Times: Pataki Could Veto Items, Legislators Could Override; Medicaid Remains on Block
04/04/2005 FPI: Vulnerable NYers to Lose Key Benefits Under US House $ Plan
04/01/2005 Gottfried Hails Preferred Drug Program as 'Key Medicaid Reform'

March

03/31/2005 Gov, Legislature Wrangling over Medicaid, TANF as Final Deal Appearss Imminent
03/31/2005 Last Chance: Urge Governor to Make No Further Cuts to Family Health Plus!
03/30/2005 Times: In Albany's Budget Race, Nonprofits' Progress Is Slow
03/30/2005 SAMHSA: Most Mental Health, Substance Abuse Services are Publicly Funded
03/30/2005 NYS Budget Details on MH Services, Adult Homes, PDL; 4/21 Buffalo Kendra's Law Hearing
03/30/2005 USPRA: April 20 US Public Policy Member Briefing; Housing Update
03/29/2005 Call Albany to Make Sure NYAPRS Priorities are in Pending Budget Deal!
03/28/2005 MHW : Mental Health Advocates, Lawmakers Remain Divided Over Kendra's Law
03/28/2005 Alternatives 2005 Conference Workshop Proposals Due April 6
03/25/2005 Legislature Restores Medicaid Benefits, Approves PDL, Allows Drug Co-Pay Hikes
03/25/2005 Friedman: Geriatric Mental Health, Long-Term Care Reform Must Be Linked
03/25/2005 Times: Another Rikers Inmate Hangs Himself in the 'Bing'
03/24/2005 Update: Legislature Close to Agreement, Health and Education Deals Remain
03/23/2005 No Budget Yet; Negotiations on PDL, Medicaid Still Continuing
03/23/2005 NYAPRS NYC Hosts April 16 Mental Health Film Festival
03/23/2005 Correction: Only April 6, May 25 Dates Remain for CMHS Self-Direction Webcasts
03/23/2005 Assembly to Host Annual Disability Awareness Day on May 18
03/23/2005 Don't Miss This Year's USPRA Annual May Conference!
03/23/2005 USPRA's Conference Institutes Address Wide Range of Timely Topics
03/22/2005 NYS Legislature Inching Towards Budget Deal, Governor's Reaction Uncertain
03/22/2005 NYAPRS: $4.3 Million Restoration Finalized, Kendra's Law Hearing Change, Assembly MH Report Released
03/21/2005 Newsday: Trial Shines Light on NYPD Policy on Mentally Ill
03/21/2005 P-R: Disability Aid Agency Fears Medicaid Reforms Will Cut Services
03/21/2005 New Alaskan Bill Would Permit Hospital Patients to Specify Staff's Gender
03/21/2005 Assembly Task Force Releases Report Calling for MH System Restructuring
03/21/2005 CNY Peer Networking Group Seeks FT Coordinator
03/18/2005 NYPR, GNS: Medicaid Waiver, School Aid Stall NYS Budget Talks
03/18/2005 Ottaway: Lawmakers Reject Middletown PC Closure Plans Till More Details Are Available
03/18/2005 CMHS Offers 3 Webcast Sessions on Self-Direction and MH Starting 3/26
03/18/2005 Times' Obituary: Opal Petty, Held 51 Years Involuntarily in Texas
03/17/2005 AP: Feds Approve Pataki Plan to Downsize Hospitals, Nursing Homes, $1.5 Billion Medicaid Savings Possible
03/17/2005 AP, NAMI: US Senate Rejects Proposed Medicaid Cuts, Will Need to Reach Deal with House
03/16/2005 TU Editorial Urges 2-House Passage of 'SHU' Bill
03/16/2005 AP: Proper Burial Place Sought For Remains Of Ex-Hospital Patients
03/16/2005 AP: Parity Bills Approved in Washington, Moving in South Carolina
03/16/2005 Post-Gazette: Pennsylvanians Can Now Prepare MH Advance Directives
03/16/2005 Legislature Proposes $4.3 million Restoration to Last Year
03/16/2005 Legislature Proposes $4.3 million Restoration to Last Year's Mental Health Cut
03/15/2005 Senate to Restore $3.1in Community MH Service Cuts, NYAPRS Comparative Chart
03/15/2005 Alert: Call Albany Today to Urge Restoration of Community MH Services!
03/15/2005 Alert: Call Albany Urging Support to Restore Community MH Services!
03/15/2005 GNS: Bill Would Bar Solitary for Mentally Ill Inmates
03/15/2005 AP: Senate, Assembly Reach 'Conceptual' Deal on Budget
03/14/2005 Advocates Push 'SHU' Bill in News Conference, Legislative Meetings
03/14/2005 Post: Last Chance for a Possible On-Time Budget
03/11/2005 Assembly Proposes to Restore $2.1 Million in Peer, Legal Advocacy Services, Rejects Middletown Closure
03/10/2005 B News, TU: Advocates
03/10/2005 B News, TU: Advocates Resume Debate Over Kendra's Law
03/10/2005 NYT, NYPR: Governor, Senate Joining on Budget, Medicaid Cuts?
03/10/2005 Advocates Laud Rivera's 'Courageous' Position of Kendra's Law
03/09/2005 AP: NYS Advocates Object to Plans to Reauthorize Forced Outpatient Treatment
03/09/2005 Advocates Call for End of Kendra's Law Forced Treatment, 'System Reform' True Answer
03/08/2005 Grants Alert: $5.1 Million to Hike Involvement of PWDs in National/Community Service
03/08/2005 NYS Assembly NYC Kendra's Law Hearing Announcement
03/08/2005 Policy Center Releases Alert on Impact of New Medicare Drug Benefit
03/04/2005 CBO: Bush Plan Saves Less on Medicaid
03/04/2005 HDN: ERs Underdiagnosing Psychiatric Illness, esp for Minorities, Poor
03/04/2005 UPenn Seeks Participants for Internet Peer Support Study
03/03/2005 NYS Leaders to Negotiate How to Spend $1.3 Billion Surplus
03/03/2005 Join Local Medicaid Advocacy Activities March 7-14
03/03/2005 Last Call to Attend MHASC 'Boot the SHU' March 14 Lobby Day
03/02/2005 AP: 3-Way Deal on Available Revenues Signals Earlier NYS Budget
03/02/2005 OMH Releases Kendra's Law Report; Statistical Excerpts Cited
03/01/2005 AP: Homeless Options Costlier Than Cost of Housing & MH Supports
03/01/2005 Times: NYC Juvenile Prison Mental Health Care Decried
03/01/2005 TU: 'SHU' Bill Gets Boost with Sponsorship of Sen. Nozzolio, Moving in Assembly
03/01/2005 Governors Far From Agreement with Bush on How to Pay for Medicaid

February

02/28/2005 AP: NYS Aid to Localities Down 27% Despite Rising Inflation, State Revenues
02/28/2005 Rockland Co Looks at MH Prison Services, MH Court
02/28/2005 O-D: Medicaid Unfairly Cast as 'Fall Guy' for Rising Local Taxes
02/28/2005 CP: Canadian Prisons Overloaded, Unprepared to Deal w/ Mentally Ill Inmates
02/28/2005 SLT: St Louis Steps up Efforts to Curb Rising Teenage Suicide Rate
02/28/2005 Ganett: NJ Assembly Considers Advance Directives Bill
02/28/2005 W. Post: Governors Urged to Reach Deal on Medicaid
02/28/2005 Times: Poor Jail Mental Health Care Creates a 'Season of Suicides'
02/28/2005 Rivera Protests Cuts to NYC-Based Mental Health Advocacy Groups
02/28/2005 AP: NYS Legislature Finds More Money to Restore Cuts, Increase Funding
02/25/2005 NYAPRS Launches State Legislator Letter Writing Campaign, PROS Update
02/25/2005 CMS: States Must Release Data re Nursing Home Residents Wishing to Move to Community
02/25/2005 CIAD: Adult Home Resident Speak Out Monday Action Advisory
02/24/2005 NAMI-NYC Metro: March 11 Program on 'Delivering Compassionate Care'
02/24/2005 Times: NYS Budget Might Be Late, Deficits May Widen
02/24/2005 AP: Straitjacketed Teddy Bear Raises Questions About Ethics And Public Relations
02/24/2005 Copeland Center: Using WRAP & Peer Support March 14-18
02/24/2005 OMH Releases Draft PROS Regs to Start 45 Day Comment Period
02/23/2005 OMH to Hold Regional Fingerprint Initiative Informational Meetings
02/23/2005 Esmonde: Medicaid 'Leeches Life out of County'
02/23/2005 Cornell, NOD: 7.7% of Americans Have a Disability; 38% Are Employed
02/23/2005 NYAPRS Adocacy Updates: March 24 Kendra's Law NYC Hearing, Adult Home, SHU Legislative Days
02/22/2005 Times: Bush Budget Proposes Halt in Housing Aid for Disabled
02/22/2005 PRA: Join TODAY's 'Evaluating Jail Diversion Outcomes' Teleconference
02/22/2005 Sibley: In Defense of the Medicaid System
02/22/2005 Post, Times: Controversial Study Ties Antidepressants to Adult Suicide Attempts
02/18/2005 Capitolwire: NYS Budget Picture Brightening?
02/18/2005 Middletown PC Closure: A Tale of Two Unions
02/17/2005 NYS Office of Mental Health's 2005-9 Strategic Plan Priorities
02/17/2005 W Post: SAMHSA's Efforts to Edit Title of Talk on Gays Assailed
02/17/2005 TAC Releases Application for Funded Award for Exemplary Behavioral Health Services
02/17/2005 USPRA: Last Call for SAMHSA Scholarships for Upcoming USPRA Conference
02/16/2005 Copeland Ctr Offers 'Using WRAP & Peer Support' March 14-18
02/16/2005 AP: County Sues Drug Companies over Medicaid Overcharging
02/16/2005 SAMHSA:50% Have Co-Occurring Substance Abuse-Psychiatric Disorders
02/15/2005 NYAPRS: 'SHU' Bill Introduced in Both Houses!
02/11/2005 CCD: President's Budget Reveals Broken Promises, Wrong Priorities
02/11/2005 Gold: Some Federal Budget Proposals Could Aid People w/ Disabilities..If
02/11/2005 May Statewide Walk for Timothy's Law Seeks Participants
02/09/2005 Bush Budget Slashes Medicaid, Section 8; Freezes CMHS, Boost Vet MH Funding
02/09/2005 Mental Health Reform Campaign: Bush Budget Brings Broken Promises
02/09/2005 Save the Date for MHASC March 14 Legislative Day
02/08/2005 MHW: Prisoner Re-Entry Issues Take Center Stage
02/08/2005 New York City Dep't of Mental Health Levies $3 Million in Aid to Localities Cuts
02/08/2005 OMH Implements New Job Applicant Fingerprint Initiative to Start April 1
02/08/2005 Medscape: Dan Fisher on an Empowerment Model of Recovery
02/08/2005 SHU, OMH Housing Wait List Bills Back, Kendra's Law Hearings, Assembly Subcommittees, Adult Home Resident Hikes
02/08/2005 Washington: P&A Sues to Stop 'Inappropriate' State Hospital Discharges
02/08/2005 Morning News: 'Ritalin Bill' Advances; Some Call It Unneeded
02/07/2005 Alternatives Oct 26-30 Phoenix Conference Seeks Workshop Proposals
02/04/2005 ACLU: Indiana Prison Conditions Lead to Suicide, Self-Mutilation
02/04/2005 LJW: Suicide Forces Rethinking City's Mental Health Care
02/03/2005 NYC Council Seeks Testmony on Jail Discharge Service for Feb 17 Hearing
02/03/2005 Alert: Nebraska Seeks Consumer Affairs Program Administrator
02/03/2005 New York State Rehab Ass'n/RRTI Seeks CEO
02/02/2005 California Prison Reforms to Minimize Use of 'SHUs' for Incarcerated Youth
02/01/2005 MHW: Funding Tops Issues Of Concern For MH, SA Leaders
02/01/2005 Gazette: Residents Bring 'Homes' to Albany to Protest

January

01/31/2005 Post-Standard: State Budget Could Be Latest One Ever
01/31/2005 News: HUD Cutbacks Cause Local Section 8, Homeless Housing Shortages
01/31/2005 NYPR: Assembly Health Chair Rejects Hospital Closing Bill
01/30/2005 MHW: N.Y. Advocates
01/28/2005 O-D, Reuters: Sen. Clinton Vows to Fight Medicaid Block Grant Proposals
01/28/2005 Seattle Times: State Mental Health Parity Legislation Likely to Pass
01/28/2005 MH Advocates Support Middletown Closure, Seek to Protect Recovery Services
01/28/2005 USPRA Launches CEO Search, CPRP Update
01/28/2005 USPRA (formerly IAPSRS) Announces CEO Search
01/28/2005 HHS: New Medicare Drugs E-Prescribing Rules; Final Rules Released
01/27/2005 Pataki OK With County's Plan to Create Own Medicaid Program
01/27/2005 NYAPRS Presents 2005 State Budget Testimony
01/27/2005 NYSPA Bulletin: The Peer Bridger Project
01/26/2005 NYAPRS Presents 2005 State Budget Testimony
01/26/2005 D&C: New WNY Initiative Makes Clients Architechts of Their Own Recovery
01/26/2005 Post, J News: Spano Gets Boost from Court Ruling; Appeal Expected
01/25/2005 NYAPRS: MH Advocates Assail 2nd Budget Cut in Two Years
01/24/2005 NYS Assembly to Review Progress in Implementing New Programs w/ 2nd Hearing
01/24/2005 Gannett: Governor's New Power Spells Budget Deal...Or Delay
01/24/2005 Free Press: Patients to Get Greater Control Over Treatment w/ Advance Directives
01/24/2005 NYAPRS: Sunny, Clear Weather for Indoor NYAPRS Legislative Day
01/24/2005 AP: Company Refuses to Pull Straight Jacketed Toy Bear
01/24/2005 NYAPRS: Come Testify at Wednesday's Albany Budget Hearing
01/22/2005 AP: Bush to Seek Cuts in Medicaid, Benefits
01/21/2005 SUMMARY OF NYAPRS ADVOCACY PRIORITIES FOR TUESDAY'S LEGISLATIVE DAY IN ALBANY
01/21/2005 HHS Candidate Leavitt Promotes Medicaid Flexibility for States
01/20/2005 NYAPRS: Updated State Budget Highlights
01/19/2005 Meet New Senate MH Committee Chair Thomas Morahan
01/19/2005 Sun: Pataki's Budget Sets Up Showdown With Silver
01/19/2005 Pataki Would Favor Medicaid Block Grant, Hospital Closures
01/19/2005 AP: NYS Says Section 8 Voucher $ Falling Millions Short
01/19/2005 TH-R: Time Might Be Up for Middletown Psych Center
01/18/2005 AP: Bush Plan May Reduce Soc. Security Benefits for Disabled Workers
01/18/2005 Pataki Proposes Middletown PC Closure, Hikes for Supported Housing, Clinics, Cut to 'Underperforming Providers'
01/18/2005 NYAPRS: More Details re Governor's State Budget Proposal
01/18/2005 Alert: Sen. Thomas Morahan to Become New Senate MH Committee Chair
01/17/2005 Pataki Would End Medicaid Psychology Service $, Family + MH Benefits; PDL Proposed
01/16/2005 Pataki Budget Rumors: $1-2B State Medicaid Cut, PDL, Local Medicaid Cap, Family Health+ Takeover
01/16/2005 TU: Lawmaker Proposes Extending Income Tax to Cover Medicaid Costs
01/16/2005 Times: MI Inmates Need Disability, Medicaid Restored Prior to Release
01/16/2005 Anthony: State Leadership Needed to Transform to Recovery Focus
01/16/2005 Power, Manderscheid: Reocvery, Now!
01/16/2005 Mead, Copeland: Tools for Change (WRAP, Peer Support, Recovery)
01/16/2005 Implementing Recovery-based Care from East to West: NTAC
01/16/2005 Panel: Workforce Issues in Recovery-based Care Transformation
01/16/2005 Measuring Recovery at the Individual, Program, and System Levels
01/14/2005 NCCBHC Releases Program Details for March San Francisco Conference
01/14/2005 NYSCAHR Urges Adult Home Residents to Join Feb 28 Albany Speak Out
01/14/2005 Silver: Peter Rivera Retains MH Committee Chairmanship
01/14/2005 TU,PS: Adult Home Operators Seek SSI Rate Hike
01/14/2005 Press: NJ Governor Seeks 10,000 New MH Housing Beds
01/14/2005 Copeland Ctr Offers Recovery, WRAP Training Jan 31-Feb 4 in VT
01/13/2005 Pennsylvania, S. Carolina Plan to Close State Mental Hospitals
01/13/2005 Pataki Plans to Cut Medicaid, Silver Vows to Protect 'Essential Care'
01/13/2005 Bruno Says Deficit is Down $2 Billion, Fears Late Budget
01/12/2005 NYAPRS Releases 2005 NYS Advocacy Priorities, Legislative Day Details
01/12/2005 Michigan, Nebraska Ready MH Reforms
01/12/2005 Police MH Training Lauded in Texas, Indiana
01/11/2005 Post-Standard Editorial Makes 'A Case for Parity'
01/11/2005 Jobs: Bronx Dir. Of Advocacy/Housing; LI Ass't Case Mgr
01/11/2005 TU: Assembly Passes Budget (MH) Restoration Measure without Senate
01/10/2005 Assembly Plans to Restore $ to 'Send a Message' to Gov
01/10/2005 Times: Bush's Proposals Could Lead to Overhaul in NYS Medicaid
01/10/2005 J News: New Medicaid Waiver to Boost Community Options for Disabled, Save $
01/10/2005 O-D: Psych Drugs Top Local Medicaid Drug Spending
01/10/2005 PLEASE Note New NYAPRS Staff E- Mail Addresses
01/10/2005 MHW: Advocates Seek to Emulate California's New MH $ Initiative
01/07/2005 TU, AP, NYT: NYS Legislature Announces Sweeping Reforms
01/07/2005 P&SB: Binghamton Officials Question Use of Area Adult Home for NYC Residents
01/06/2005 Pataki: This is the Year for Medicaid Overhaul
01/06/2005 Tribune: More Mentally Ill Teens Landing in Justice System
01/06/2005 MHW: Nation's MH System Needs 'Apollo Program' to Achieve Transformation
01/06/2005 NJ Mental-health task force hears complaints
01/06/2005 Silver Urges 1% Fed. Medicaid Share Hike, Bruno Eager to Work on Issue
01/05/2005 Endress to Become New Erie County Mental Health Commissioner
01/05/2005 Times on Offensive TV Trend: 'Neurosis in..Lot of Laughs'
01/05/2005 Pataki to Freeze Local Medicaid Costs, Cut Benefits, Elibility, Payments?
01/05/2005 Pataki State of State 'Crossroads' Message to Emphasize 'Reforms'
01/05/2005 MHW: Curie Highlights SAMHSA Priorities for 2005 and Beyond
01/05/2005 Gov. Pataki's Priorities Include Local Medicaid Cost Cuts, Alternatives to Nursing Homes
01/03/2005 AP, TU: Medicaid, Education, Budget Deficit Tops NYS' 2005 Agenda
01/03/2005 OMH Releases Interim Report on Statewide Mental Health Plan
01/03/2005 MHW: SAMHSA Reauthorization, Medicaid, Medicare Present Challenges, Opportunities for Advocates

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