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���������� Note: This presentation by our esteemed friends has been getting rave reviews from Behavioral Health Leaders all across the […]

ACMHA Posts 2015 Summit Presentations   Since 1979, ACMHA: The College for Behavioral Health Leadership has served as one of […]

Change In Jail Health Care AdvisedStudy Recommends Workers Not Be Asked To Approve Stints In Solitary Confinement By Jake Pearson, […]

���������� Note: Please see below for a few current job postings for Peer Professionals and Behavioral Health Professionals in the […]

���������� Note: Stigma in the workplace contributes to reduced performance, diminished office culture, and overall workplace dissatisfaction for people with […]

���������� Note: Another tragedy involving a police intervention with an individual with a mental health treatment history, this time here […]

���������� Note: Transitioning to a managed care environment in NY and you’re still not sure where you stand? Worried about […]

A Persian in Therapy ���������� Times; Melody Moezzi, 3/24/2015   My people don’t do psychotherapy. We have friends. We […]

CRIMINAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES MOVE TO THE FORE! Learn more at ����������’ Executive Seminar! REGISTER TODAY! Strategies to help people with […]

���������� Note: Did you miss it? See the link below to access a recording of the STAR Center webinar that […]

���������� Note: The issue of boarding people with mental health needs in jail while awaiting treatment has come before a […]

���������� Note: ���������� and other advocates are deeply appreciative of the NYS legislature for investing in Crisis Intervention Teams for […]

New Study on Employer Compliance with Mental Health Parity Laws LEAD Center Policy Update; 3/30/2015   The Disability Management Employer […]

���������� Note: This ���������� Times article is an important signal, as news about NY’s accountable care experiment called “DSRIP” […]

Get the Details of NYS Budget Agreement! Don’t Miss ���������� Executive Seminar REGISTER TODAY! ���������� has just posted on our […]

The Way We Talk About Mental Illness After Tragedies Like Germanwings Needs To Change Huffington Post; Healthy Living Staff, 3/27/2015 […]

Antipsychotics Even Riskier For The Elderly Than Previously Thought Mad in America; Rob Wipond, 3/28/2015   Antipsychotic medications that are […]

  ���������� First Look at NYS Budget Agreement By Harvey Rosenthal and Briana Gilmore   March 30, 2015   Last night, […]

���������� Note: While reports from the Governor’s office indicate that the ‘Raise the Age’ proposal put forth by the Executive […]

���������� Note: Reports from Capitol are grim this week about housing and supports for people experiencing homelessness, with few changes […]

���������� Note: The article below—perhaps another to tuck away for a weekend morning—uses personal and startling imagery to describe how […]

���������� Note: If you are in the capital region tonight, join SUNY Albany School of Social Welfare’s dynamic discussion with […]

Innovation is Imperative…and Evident  at the ����������’ Executive Seminar! REGISTER TODAY! One key to the successful integration of managed behavioral […]

Occupational Therapy and Mental Health: ‘It’s Not About Basket Weaving’ The Guardian; Rachel Williams, 2/28/2015 Jane Reynolds can’t imagine doing […]

���������� Note: As this case is being decided, the balance between public safety and the responsibility to people of disabilities […]

���������� Note: Join a webcast of the MRT Behavioral Health subcommittee meeting this Friday afternoon by accessing the link below […]

���������� Note: Again, advocate Leah Harris lays out an eloquent and powerful agenda for recovery-based mental health reform that displaces […]

���������� Note: This great article summarizes what many providers in NY are going through now, particularly with all the talk […]

���������� Note: This article comes as a timely and essential reminder of why supportive housing is essential to people living […]

���������� Note: This week, as we are highlighting stories of overcoming stigmatization both personally and institutionally, remember that it takes […]

���������� Releases Call for Presentations for 2015 Annual Conference http://www.nyaprs.org/conferences/annual-conference/documents/CallAndApp2015.pdf   ���������� is very pleased to welcome proposals for our […]

���������� Note: Join our friends at the STAR Center this afternoon for a webinar about health and health approaches for […]

���������� Note: This editorial segment offers insight into multiple facets of stigma that are not entirely fleshed out. Primary to […]

What’s the Best Pathway to the Future?  Attending ����������’ Executive Seminar!  Register Today!   Leading national consultant Patrick Gauthier, from […]

Ron Manderscheid on Defeating Stigma: The Five “P’s” of Inclusion and Social Justice Adapted by Briana Gilmore, March 2015   […]

���������� Note: The recent plea that NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio made to city landlords is not a new scheme; […]

A Great Leap Forward: Improving Language Access for ����������ers with Psychiatric Conditions OMH News; Samantha Diaz, MA Cand., Oscar […]

���������� Note: We all know that exercise is good for our total well-being. For some of us, our initial New […]

���������� Note: Last year, we highlighted an article done by Al Jazeera that told the stories of six veterans who […]

���������� Note: For the coming week, we will be highlighting issues around mental health stigma and how to combat it […]

Pathways to Medicaid Managed Care Featured at ����������’ Executive Seminar – Register Today! The successful transition of currently non-Medicaid reimbursed […]

���������� Note: ���������� has been actively supporting the campaign alerted below, spearheaded by CHCANYS, to earmark 25% of the capital […]

���������� Note: More details about the decline of one of the nation’s largest charities offers sober guidance to providers approaching […]

���������� Note: The policy priorities of the Wounded Warrior Project include, foremost, access to mental health care, including specialty mental […]

���������� Note: For many of us who read news about investigations into insurance companies not complying with parity regulations, the […]

���������� Note: At last week’s Value Based Payment work group, DOH Medical Director announced that CMS had approved the state’s […]

���������� Note: See below for more information about the rates for behavioral health services in managed care, including a billing […]

���������� Note: Risk adjustment tools that can used across large populations—based on income, diagnosis, geography, etc.—are growing in popularity. In […]

���������� Note: The state has released draft rates for the Home and Community Based Services list that will be contracted […]

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���������� Note: Antipsychotic prescribing for youth insured by Medicaid is five-times greater than for youth that are privately insured. One […]

���������� Note: The term “Holding Space” is common in advocacy dialogues, but is not yet prevalent in mental or physical […]

Amid Rising Concern About Addiction, Universities Focus On Recovery NPR; Wade Goodwyn, 3/15/2015   In murder mystery novels, when the […]

                                                                                                                                                                                    Alert: Urge Your Legislative Representatives To Invest Resources into OMH Housing Programs!   Several weeks ago, […]

���������� Note: Last week, both the NYS Senate and Assembly backed proposals that ����������, MHANYS and others have proposed to […]

Are You at your Regional Health Care Table?  Come Have A Seat at ����������’  Executive Seminar-Register Today! Evidence, examples and models supporting […]

���������� Note: This webinar could be particularly beneficial for individuals who work in settings with youth in transition, persons learning […]

���������� Note: Coordination between advocates and agencies at the Federal level has yielded top recommendations for focus from HHS and […]

Click here for ����������’ assessment of how our priorities are currently positioned within the Governor’s, Assembly’s and Senate budget proposals. […]

���������� Note: Magellan demonstrates in this upcoming sponsored webinar that managed care organizations have the potential for leading the way […]

���������� Note: The article below makes the case for national dialogue and legislation to enhance maternity leave longevity and financial […]

Where Do Addiction, Mental Health and Primary Care Come Together?  At ���������� Executive Seminar – Register Today! 5 50% of […]

���������� Note: Clinicians and policymakers alike have often expressed reluctance in a telepsychiatry approach, perceiving it as a simplified method […]

Mental Health Coverage Unequal in Many Obamacare Plans USA Today, Laura Ungar and Jayne O’Donnell, 3/9/2015   Insurance coverage for […]

���������� Note: The following interview describes a new opportunity for the United States to develop $250,000 in new approaches through […]

Here are some initial impressions from the Senate budget proposal for FY 2015-16. We’re particularly pleased about the crisis intervention, […]