May 3, 2022 (Reposted from The Mental Health Coalition) This Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re inviting you to feel your feelings. Many of us have been feeling a lot lately, so it’sContinue reading “The Mental Health Coalition – May is Mental Health Month”
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month
May 2, 2022 (Repost from the NAMI NYS Newsletter) As we continue to combat the impacts of COVID-19 on our community’s mental health and the stigma surrounding mental illness, weContinue reading “May is Mental Health Awareness Month”
Dangerous Gifts
May 2, 2022 (Reprint from Sascha DeBrul’s Underground Transmissions; Dangerous Gifts) I’ve long admired the writing and exquisite work of Sascha DuBrul and he periodically shares a newsletter called UndergroundContinue reading “Dangerous Gifts”
Wellness Institute Calendar (May)
May 1, 2022 (Submitted by Peggy Swarbrick, CPSNJ) National Mental Health Awareness Month You can find resource kits for Mental Health Awareness Month 2022 For posters on person-first language, visitContinue reading “Wellness Institute Calendar (May)”
Time for Mental Health Awareness Month
April 30, 2022 by Howard Diamond HEY HEY, Everyone! Ready for spring weather! May, the fifth month of the year, where we can spend more time outdoors. We can breatheContinue reading “Time for Mental Health Awareness Month”
If You Think Work is Bad for People with Mental Illness, What About Poverty, Unemployment, and Social Isolation?
April 28, 2022 (Reprinted from NYAPRS ENews) NYAPRS Note: Over 20 years ago, Joe Marrone, then Senior Program Manager for Public Policy at the Institute for Community Inclusion emerged asContinue reading “If You Think Work is Bad for People with Mental Illness, What About Poverty, Unemployment, and Social Isolation?”
What Brooklyn’s Subway Shooting Reveals About The State Of Mental Health Care: Politico
April 16 (Repost from NYAPRS/Politico) Some news outlets, professors and policymakers are rushing to judgement about what led to the subway shooting horror associated with Frank R. James and toContinue reading “What Brooklyn’s Subway Shooting Reveals About The State Of Mental Health Care: Politico”
Baseball and Spring Are a Remarkable Pair
April 15, A Poem by Howard Diamond Baseball is back for all to watchSpring is a fun time to go outside and playTake out our gloves and let’s have a catchBlossoming flowersContinue reading “Baseball and Spring Are a Remarkable Pair”
RANDOM ACT BY A PEER SPECIALIST (Part 1)
April 11 – A story by Howard Diamond THE INITIAL CONTACT On the night of February 9, several years ago, it was one of those biting cold, sub-zero evenings whenContinue reading “RANDOM ACT BY A PEER SPECIALIST (Part 1)”
Funding for Veterans’ Agencies
April 4, 2022 (Repost from NYAPRS ENews) CARES UP program will provide support to law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical service members, corrections officers, and military Veterans. The New YorkContinue reading “Funding for Veterans’ Agencies”