News and Links

MHANJ News

• Mental Health Association of Essex County to receive "Betty Humphrey Cultural Competency Award"
• Valerie Larosiliere of Essex County MHA to receive "Betty Humphrey Cultural Competency Award"
• View MHANJ's Power Point Presentation - Juvenile Justice: A Youth Perspective
• MHA Atlantic County Consumers Address Senate Budget Committee
• MHANJ's Beyond 9/11 Video Wins Awards
• MHANJ's Laverne Williams Receives Honor
• View pictures from MHANJ's 2004 Annual Meeting

New Jersey News

• Trenton Hears from Mental Health as Thousands Rally at the State House on June 16, 2003

• Housing solutions advocated for the poor - Asbury Park Press 6/25/03

• The NJ State Bar Foundation - publishes

  • Disability Law: A Legal Primer

  • Legal Consequences of Substance Abuse

  • Bill of Rights Bulletin

  • You Have the Right!

• Legal Services of New Jersey launches new website

• Zoning abets housing crisis

• Prescription drug program expects federal help

• Lawmakers urged to restore budget cash: Advocates for disabled tell of the pain caused by McGreevey's cuts

• Anti-Poverty Network press conference makes the headlines:

  • Proposed cuts draw the ire of poor and disabled

  • Groups want health-care funds retained

• Mentally ill deserve alternatives - Home News Tribune editorial

• Rosalynn Carter advocates activism for mentally ill

• MHANJ Seeks Assistant Advocate

• Rebirth of Public Advocate goes forward in the Senate

• Trentonian series on mental illness:
  Note: These publications are in PDF format. If you don't already have it, please download Adobe Acrobat Reader.

  • "Winning the Battle" - Sunday, October 6, 2002

  • "First-hand Knowledge: Advocate for Mentally Ill is Schizophrenic" - Monday, October 7, 2002

  • "More Than the Blues" - Tuesday, October 8, 2002 -

  • "Learning to Cope" - Wednesday, October 9, 2002

  • "Coping Not Suffering" - Thursday, October 10, 2002

  • "Helping Those in Need" - Friday, October 11, 2002

  • "A Parent's Nightmare" - Saturday, October 12, 2002

  • "Praise the Lord" - Sunday, October 13, 2002

• Governor McGreevey signs Section 8 Anti-Discrimination bill

• New Jersey Protection and Advocacy asks for input in Priority Rating Survey

• Advanced Directives Training Guide Available through NJP&A

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National News

• The New York Times: Mental Care Poor for Some Children in State Custody

• NMHA Commends SAMHSA’s Appointment of New CMHS Director

• House Passes Limited Parity Extension

• What Does Gay Mean? How to Talk with Kids about Sexual Orientation and Prejudice

• Public Perceptions of Schizophrenia: NMHA asks consumers to participate in survey

• Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces new HHS Office on Disability

• Helping Children Cope With Fear and Anxiety After Sniper Shootings

• Mental Health Experts Provide Tips for Coping with Impact of Sniper Shootings

• Ohio State University's Nisonger Center Offers Project MED

• Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma, the ADS Center

• Partnership established to address mental health impact in the workplace

• Increase in Americans receiving treatment for depression

• Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund

• National Mental Health Association's New "Dialogue for Recovery"

• Study Participants Needed: The Mothers' Study

• Mental Health Parity Defeated in House

• MHANJ joins DiFrancesco in the release of Redirection II 

• Mental Health Infrastructure Funding a Priority

• NMHA Addresses Suicide Epidemic

• NMHA Executive Update

• NMHA testifies at House hearing on veterans

• NMHA survey identifies barriers to treatment

• NMHA's survey fact sheet

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Consumer News

• Recovery Education Materials

• Public Perceptions of Schizophrenia: NMHA asks consumers to participate in survey

• Consumers associated with MHANJ will appear on NJN's "Another View"

• Trentonian series on mental illness:
  Note: This publication is in PDF format. If you don't already have it, please download Adobe Acrobat Reader.

  • "Winning the Battle" - Sunday, October 6, 2002

  • "First-hand Knowledge: Advocate for Mentally Ill is Schizophrenic" - Monday, October 7, 2002

  • "More Than the Blues" - Tuesday, October 8, 2002 -

  • "Learning to Cope" - Wednesday, October 9, 2002

  • "Coping Not Suffering" - Thursday, October 10, 2002

  • "Helping Those in Need" - Friday, October 11, 2002

  • "A Parent's Nightmare" - Saturday, October 12, 2002

  • "Praise the Lord" - Sunday, October 13, 2002

• Online Events for Substance Abuse Treatment

• States beginning to place mentally ill to home- and community-based settings

• Expansion of HIV and substance abuse prevention services by SAMHSA

• SAMHSA asks for feedback on consumer and family members' involvement in the development of managed mental health and substance abuse programs

• SAMHSA releases Recovering Your Mental Health, A Self-Help Guide

• CHS offering stipend for participation in Schizophrenia Patient/Caregiver Survey

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New Jersey Links

• Consumers Savings Club

• Disabled Enterprise Loan Program (DEP)

• Housing Information and Legislation

• The NJ State Bar Foundation - disability law

• Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ)

• New Jersey Self-Help Group Clearing House

• The Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey

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National Links

• PhRMA's website www.helpingpatients.org - providing free medicines to lower income patients

• Access-Able Travel Resource

• Agoraphobics Leading Independent Lives (ABIL) - Anxiety support

• Agoraphobics in Motion (A.I.M.) - Anxiety support

• American Self-Help Clearinghouse

• Anxiety Disorders Association of America

• DisabilityDirect.gov

• Evidence-Based Practices - Shaping Mental Health Systems Towards Recovery

• Fear of Success Anonymous (FOSA)

Health and Medications

• Booklets from Project MED

• Pharmaceutical Information Network

• US National Library of Medicine

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Major Mental Illnesses and Screening

• Anxiety Disorders

• Bipolar Information Center 

• Columbia University TeenScreen® Program

• Depression Screening Center

• Mental Disorder Symptoms Lists

• National Schizophrenia Foundation

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder  

• Schizophrenia Home Page

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General Mental Health

• Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center

• Internet Mental Health

• Mental Health Resources

• Mental Health and Aging

• Resources for Social Workers

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