Advancing Public Policies for People with Mental Illness, Chemical Dependency or Developmental Disabilities
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SAMHSA: Up to $67 Million Available for the Minority AIDS Initiative Continuum of Care Pilot Grants
Up to $4.2 million for the Campus Suicide Prevention Grant
SAMHSA is Expanding the National Disaster Distress HelplineSAMHSA: The Value of Peer and Family Support
SAMHSA: Crisis Response Systems - Webinar Series
- Tuesday, June 3, 2014 2:00-3:30pm (EDT) Identifying the Outcomes and Financing of Crisis Response Services and Supports
- Wednesday, June 18, 2014 2:00-3:30pm (EDT) Innovative State and Local Crisis Response Systems
- Tuesday, July 1, 2014 2:00-3:30pm (EDT) Innovative State and Local Crisis Response Systems
- Tuesday July 15, 2014 ?2:00-3:30pm (EDT) Innovative State and Local Crisis Response Systems
Building Organizational Infrastructure To Treat Chronic Pain and Prevent Abuse of Prescription Medications
June 5th 1-2:30 here
CMS: Meaningful Consumer Engagement Webinars
Webinar 1: Meaningful Consumer Engagement: Consumer Advisory Committees June 3rd 2-3
Webinar 2: Meaningful Consumer Engagement: Member Meetings
June 11th 2-3 Register for both here
SAMHSA: Public Listening Session on Confidentiality of Patient Records Regulations here June 11th 9:30-4:30
Extracting CPS Reports Dialogue
June 20th 12-12:30 here
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JUNE: Children & Families Comm. June 10th 11:30-1:00 Call in Officers and Chairs Conference Call June 11th 8:00-9:00 Call in Mental Hygiene Planning June 12th 11:00-2:00 41 State Street OMH Housing MeetingJune 18th 10:00-11:00 44 Holland Avenue Albany Fiscal Officers Workgroup June 24th 9:00-10:00 GTM Call in Contact CLMHD for all call in information, 518.462.9422
SAVE THE DATE:
CLMHD Fall Full Membership
Meeting/September 22-23, 2014
Lake Placid Crowne Plaza
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NYS Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction Releases Report
After conducting 18 public forums across the state, listening to 53 hours of testimony and speaking with more than 2,000 residents about the tragedy of the state's heroin and opioid epidemic, the Senate's bipartisan Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction has issued a special report, entitled: Solutions to New York's Heroin Epidemic. The report makes legislative recommendations to help address the drug abuse, addiction and drug related crimes in New York that have been claiming lives and destroying families in communities throughout the state. View the report here.
 Related: Today's Heroin Addict Is Young, White And Suburban
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Treatment adherence is a problem among people with schizophrenia, who may not take medications because they don't perceive its need or benefit, don't like the side effects, or forget. To combat this issue, long-acting injectable medications are administered every 2-4 weeks. But are the new forms of these drugs better than the old ones? Read more.
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Beacon Health Strategies and ValueOptions (both operating in NY) to Merge
The combined business will serve 43 million people across all 50 states and the United Kingdom
in a transaction designed to create a premier managed behavioral healthcare company in the United States.
"ValueOptions firmly believes combining with Beacon offers our clients, providers and members the industry's best behavioral healthcare management partner. Both entities know each other well. Both are financially strong. Both are recognized leaders. This move just makes sense from the perspective of providing a broader range of services to all of the different populations we now serve individually," said Heyward Donigan, President and Chief Executive Officer of ValueOptions. Upon completion of the transaction, Ms. Donigan will serve as an advisor to Mr. Murphy. The merger is subject to regulatory review, which is expected to be completed in the fall of 2014. In the meantime, the two companies will continue to operate as independent organizations. Read more. |
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NYT Op-Ed We can't predict which mentally ill people will become violent.
 MASS killers like Elliot Rodger teach society all the wrong lessons about the connection between violence, mental illness and guns - and what we should do about it. One of the biggest misconceptions, pushed by our commentators and politicians, is that we can prevent these tragedies if we improve our mental health care system. It is a comforting notion, but nothing could be further from the truth. Read more. |
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The research project would place electronic devices in the brain in an attempt to combat post-traumatic stress, depression and other problems that have plagued many veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Read more.
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Prescription Drugs More Deadly Than Car Accidents, Guns, and Suicide
America is in the throes of a prescription drug epidemic. More people die every day from that addiction than gunshot wounds, car accidents, or suicide-with 100 people losing their lives daily as a result of misusing medication.
The National Institute of Drug Abuse has some pretty shocking statistics detailing just how bad America's addiction has become. For example: the US, which holds 5 percent of the world's population, is responsible for 75 percent of global prescription drug use; 52 million people over the age of 12 have used this medication for purposes outside of what they are intended for. Read more.
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Westchester County:
Mental Health Commissioner
The mission of the Department of Community Mental Health is to plan, oversee and coordinate services for individuals and families with mental illnesses, developmental
disabilities and addictions. The Department of Mental Health currently has an operating budget of approximately $57 million, and a multidisciplinary staff of nearly 75 medical, professional and support personnel assigned to various locations throughout the County, this is in addition to supervising multiple contracts, programs and services through local, state and federal partnerships.
The Commissioner is responsible to manage the operation and provision of community based preventative, rehabilitative and treatment services for those with mental and developmental disabilities and addictions through the development of a non- discriminating, high quality, accessible system of services. Read more.
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