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���������� Note: In a recent debate, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders alluded to the GOP debates as the reason for […]

���������� Note: According to a recent, comprehensive report out of Los Angeles, more than 33 percent of those shot by […]

���������� Note: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the suicide rate of African-American children ages 5-11 doubled […]

���������� Note: This is a heart-wrenching story written by a woman whose father completed suicide when she was a teenager […]

���������� Note: All too frequently, people with serious mental health conditions interface with law enforcement. The following article details how […]

���������� Note: According to a recent poll, African-American students feel less academically and emtionally prepared for college than their peers, […]

���������� Note: Earlier this year, Donald Ivy, Jr. – an unarmed, 39 year-old, African-American Albany man diagnosed with schizophrenia – […]

Homelessness Is a Symptom of Racism By Jeff Olivet Huffington Post  October 29, 2015 [This blog is the second in […]

���������� Note: Last week, 30 Congressional Representatives sent a letter to the chairs of the Energy and Commerce that will […]

���������� Note: A very pointed piece by the CEO of the Center for Social Innovation, an organization that operates numerous […]

���������� Note: A very thoughtful piece that links psychopathy, not autism nor mental health conditions, with mass murder. Some highlights: […]

States ‘Shocked’ They’re On The Hook For Rising Medicare Premiums By Virgil Dickson  Modern Healthcare  October 8, 2015   State Medicaid agencies […]

Mental Illness Is The Wrong Scapegoat After Mass Shootings by Amy Wolf  Vanderbilt University Research News December 11, 2014,   In […]

August 31, 2015 California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions »   Black Minds Matter 2! Identifying Community Based Strategies By […]

Dear ���������� Friends,   As I prepare to leave my position at ����������, I’ve been reflecting on how ENews readers […]

Protesters Question Denver Police Killing of Mentally Ill Native American Al Jazeera; 7/22/2015, Tristan Ahtone   She knew her son […]

���������� Note: Now more than ever, it is important to recognize the intersections between racial discrimination and the mental health […]

���������� Note: What I particularly like about this dialogue is the emphasis on getting to know each individual for their […]

���������� Note: The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Office of Consumer Affairs is pleased to co-sponsor this exciting […]

���������� Note: Many people are now familiar with some of the benefits of meditation for a healthy mind and body. […]

���������� Note: Many people read, either here through enews or in the NY Times last week, the article The Secret […]

���������� Note: This lengthy article details the complexities of antepartum depression. Though the first story describes how psychopharmacology could have […]

���������� Note: The results of the study detailed below emphasizes the need for cultural competence across a range of preventive […]

���������� Note: This recent op-ed contribution offers a critical look at an outdated method of retaining accused persons awaiting trial. […]

���������� Note: An excellent article to tuck away for a Saturday-morning read; Atul Gawande’s treatise below encounters the many systemic […]

���������� Note: This (likely contentious) article reviews some of the scientific methodology around studies that indicate CBT for positive outcomes […]

���������� Note: As Santa Barbara and other California counties debate “Laura’s Law”, their recently proposed version of AOT, or involuntary […]

The Risk Society and the Germanwings Tragedy: Stigma on Both Sides of the Psychiatry Wars Mad in America; Timothy Kelly, […]

���������� Note: Following the tragic taser inflicted death of an Albany man with a mental health treatment history and the […]

6 Facts Show Why Mental Health Is an Issue in the Black Community Mic Identities; Derrick Clifton, 3/18/2015   During […]

���������� Note: The article below may be one to save for a rainy weekend morning, but in its length it […]

���������� Note: Noted author and family member Pete Earley regularly publishes a blog on mental health related issues that reaches […]

���������� Note: Register today for the April 3 BRSS TACS First Fridays with ����������’ own Edye Schwartz, where she will […]

���������� Note: Yesterday, advocates from around the state brought the message to Albany legislators to ‘Raise the Age’ of youthful […]

���������� Note: The story below captures two chapters of a lengthy project from Huffington Post chronicling the story of how […]

���������� Note: The following recently published article in the Harvard Public Health Review evaluates legislation proposed last year by Rep. […]

Correction: Recovery Now!’s web link is http://www.mentalhealthrecoverynow.org. Sorry for the inconvenience.   ���������� Note: Starkly missing from all of the […]

���������� Note: Starkly missing from all of the public debate and public policy proposals to fix our broken mental health […]

���������� Note: Many of our readers will have seen the JAMA article—or at least its rebuttals—called ‘Bring Back the Asylum’. […]

���������� Note: This complex, daunting (and at points triggering) article details the complicated relationship between individuals with suicidal experiences, and […]

���������� Note: Lots of news expected this week in Governor Cuomo’s budget proposal for the coming new fiscal year including […]

���������� Note: As we anticipate the release of Governor Cuomo’s budget in tandem with his State of the State address […]

Having a Severe Mental Illness Means Dying Young Huffington Post; Allen Frances, 12/30/2014   People diagnosed with serious mental illness […]

���������� Note: It has been so hard to find any article to highlight the national protests and debates surrounding the […]

���������� Note: Though the study referenced below did not specifically capture behavioral health, the lessons learned are valuable for our […]

���������� Note: I wouldn’t normally send something like a book review to our readers, but the article below highlights a […]

���������� Note: This concise and helpful article below was written by a contributing author to www.ted.com , a site now […]

Who Would Have Health Insurance if Medicaid Expansion Weren’t Optional ���������� Times; Kevin Quealy and Margot Sanger-Katz, 11/3/2014   […]

���������� Note: As in RI, the experiences of care managers in NY’s Health Homes may help with valuable advocacy for […]

The Impact of Hurricane Sandy on Mental Health: What More We Could Have Done Huffington Post; Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, […]

���������� Note: The idea that rap and other music can contribute to psychological well-being is not a new one, but […]

���������� Note: This article, for its valuable content, uses some confused reasoning and poor language. However, the information about the […]

���������� Note: This letter is a testament to the difficult but often liberating decision to move beyond a life in […]

The Biggest Backlog in the Federal Government The Washington Post; David Fahrenthold, 10/18/2014   In an obscure corner of the […]

Turning Distress into Joy, Part V and Final: Meaning & Transcendence Mad in America; James Scroeder, PhD, 10/15/2014 It was […]

���������� Note: In NY and other cities across the world, peers use soccer to engage people experiencing homelessness and work […]

���������� Note: Another article about the UK MH system offers insights into our own history of involuntary community treatment and […]

���������� Note: At times, it seems that the advocacy needed to fulfill cultural competency in mental health treatment is insurmountable. […]

���������� Note: This isn’t the typical news story about a closed institution. Many such exposes discuss a (very real) lack […]

���������� Note: The below MIA article summarizes an open letter written by the Vancouver Community of Drug Users to their […]

���������� Note: Regional organization in Iowa may not be at the behest of DSRIP, but the way they are preparing […]

���������� Note: The rise of heroin distribution in the boroughs of NYC has raised to levels not seen in a […]

���������� Note: The two articles below illuminate the often destructive and lethal relationship of police officers to persons in emotional […]

���������� Note: The article below is a reprieve from news lately that elucidates failures and systemic violence in America’s policing […]

Once Leader of Outcry, de Blasio Is Now Trying to Quell It ���������� Times; Michael M. Grynbaum, 7/31/2014   […]

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Mental Health Services 4350 […]

���������� Note: The public speaking tips below are helpful for anyone, but may be particularly so for people learning to […]

���������� Note: Below is part one in a two-part Mad in America series examining the expansion of psychological screening and […]

Talking About Psychosis, Part 1: Why Do It? Mad in America; Mark Ragins, MD, 7/2/2014   I was taught in […]

���������� Note: Here’s part 2 of a USA Today series entitled ‘The Cost of Not Caring’ that focuses especially on […]

���������� Note: As the debate goes on in San Francisco about involuntary outpatient commitment, a familiar dialogue is raised: how […]

���������� Note: We know that individuals with mental health challenges—particularly those treated with psychopharmacology for serious diagnoses—have a higher risk […]