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Open
Letter to Sally Satel from Michael Allen, Senior Staff Attorney, Bazelon
Center for Mental Health Law, May 5, 2006. |
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Freeing Your Mind, Utne magazine,
May / June 2006 Issue |
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SAMHSA Issues Consensus Statement on Mental Health
Recovery February 16, 2006. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority February 15, 2006 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority February 1, 2006 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority January 15, 2006 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority January 1, 2006 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority December 15, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority December 1, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority November 15, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority November 1, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority October 15, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority October 1, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority September 15, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority September 1, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Bay Area Street Smart's August, 2005 series on psychiatric abuses.
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority August 15, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority July 15, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority July 1, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Three Part Washington Post Series by Shankar Vedantam on Mind and Culture:
Psychiatry's Missing Diagnosis
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority April 1, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority March 15, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority March 1, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority February 15, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority February 1, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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He came to San
Francisco a broken man. Speaking out for the homeless made him whole.
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority January 15, 2005 E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Dept. of Health and
Social Services, Request For Proposals, RFP 2005-0600-5204, January 6,
2005, Long Term Medicaid Forecasting Model |
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November 15, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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November 1, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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October 15, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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October 1, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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September 1, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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Closing the medicine cabinet door: The debate over drugs to treat mental illness,
Hampshire Gazette, August 20, 2004. |
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August 15, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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August 1, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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July 15, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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June 15, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter |
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June 1, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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May 15, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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May 1, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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"Recovering" Consumers and
a Broken Mental Health System in the United States: Ongoing Challenges for
Consumers / Survivors and the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, by
Athena McLean, Ph.D., International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation,
2003: 8, 47-68. |
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April 15, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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April 1, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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SAMHSA Administrator Charles
Curie's testimony on Final Report of the President's New Freedom Commission on
Mental Health |
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Scottish Association of
Mental Health releases report on psychiatric drugs: "All you Need to Know?".
Full Report (1.4 mb) |
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March 15, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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March 1, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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Departing Alaska Mental Health Board member Jim Gottstein's February 18, 2004, "Farewell
Letter" to the Board.
Version with Attachments (1.2 MB). |
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February 15, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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Woman
fights API forced-drug rules: Former patient takes issue to the Alaska Supreme
Court, Anchorage Daily News, February 12, 2004. |
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February 1, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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January 15, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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January 1, 2004, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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December 15, 2003, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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December 1, 2003, Alaska
Mental Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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State of Alaska
Behavioral Health Integration Stakeholders Group information. This
is a hugely important, fast-tracked planning effort that has implications far
beyond just integrating mental health and substance abuse services. |
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November 15, 2003, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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LA Times Magazine
10/26/2003: Losing the Mind: avid Oaks and Others in the 'Mad Pride' Movement
Believe Drugs Are Being Overused in Treating Mental Illness, and They Want the
Abuse to Stop. By David Davis |
- FDA Documents relating to SSRIs
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October 27, 2003, Time
Magazine Series Are We Giving Kids Too Many Drugs?
- Medicating Young Minds,
Drugs have become increasingly popular for treating kids with mood and
behavior problems. But how will that affect them in the long run?
- On Campus ,
University Blues: A Crisis
- Life on Medication,
"I Am a Different Person"
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November 1, 2003, Alaska
Mental Health Trust Authority Electronic Newsletter. |
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October 15, 2003, Alaska
Mental Health Trust Authority E-Newsletter. |
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Mental health recovery: what helps
and what hinders? A national research project for the development of recovery
facilitating system performance indicators |
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October 1, 2003, Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority E-Newsletter |
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Va. Doctor's Misconduct
Left Trail of Broken Lives: Medical System Failed To Protect Patients
(Washington Post) |
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American Psychiatric Association Statement
on Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders |
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Alaska Mental Health Board 2003
Budget Summit Report
PDF Version. |
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Memos Display Drug Firms' Optimism:Officials Were
Confident FDA Would Back Them On Suicide, Violence Issues Involving Paxil,
Prozac |
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No prescription for
happiness, Boston Globe |
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September 15, 2003 Alaska Mental Health
Trust Authority E-Newsletter. |
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Fast
For Freedom in Mental Health August 16-September 6, 2003. |
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September 1, 2003 Alaska Mental
Trust Authority E-Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Board 2003
Budget Summit Report
PDF Version. |
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August 15, 2003, Alaska
Mental Health Trust Authority E-Newsletter |
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Whistleblower's lawsuit could shake up the drug industry is an AP story
about a lawsuit over Pfizer promoting fraudulent claims about neurontin's
benefits.
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"Debate
Resumes on the Safety of Depression's Wonder Drugs," August 7, 2002 New
York TImes article describing the drug companies' hiding of data about the
link between Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) anti-depression
drugs and suicides, particularly in people 18 and under. |
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August 1, 2003, Alaska
Mental Health Trust Authority E-Newsletter |
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Statement By
Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services Regarding the 13th
Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act |
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The President's New Freedom
Commission on Mental Health issued its
Final Report July 22, 2003. |
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July 15, 2003, Alaska
Mental Health Trust Authority E-Newsletter. |
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July 1, 2003, Alaska
Mental Health Trust Authority E-Newsletter |
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United States Supreme Court Lays Down rules for
Medicating someone to make him/her competent to stand trial in Sell v. US.
(PDF) |
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June 15, 2003 Alaska
Mental Health Trust Authority E-Newsletter |
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New York Times, May 20, 2003,
Leading Drugs for Psychosis Come Under New Scrutiny |
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Drug Company's Promotion of Unauthorized Use of
Neurontin Exposed. |
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Withdrawal from
paroxetine (Paxil) can be severe, warns FDA |
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May 15, 2003, Alaska
Mental Health Trust E-Newsletter. |
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The Alaska Mental Health
Trust Authority May 1, 2003 E-Newsletter |
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April/May 2003 issue of the Center
for Health Care Strategies' Consumer Action e-Newsletter |
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Alaska Mental Health
Board Announces Stakeholder Participation Fund to allow people to travel to
meetings. |
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API Admission
Criteria |
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Medicaid
Recipients With Disabilities Benefit From Directing Their Own Personal Care
Services, Study Finds |
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A Report on the Public
Comments Submitted to the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health,
January 7, 2003 (PDF) |
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An
Investigation of Reasonable Workplace Accommodations for People with
Psychiatric Disabilities: Quantitative Findings from a Multi-Site Study K.
MacDonald-Wilson, E. S. Rogers, J.M. Massaro, A. Lyass, & T. Crean |
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Anchorage Emergency Services Pathways |
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Ritalin use in
children sharply higher |
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Notes on the 10th Triptych
Convention, "Two Sides of Psychosis" by Mira DeVries |
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HR 4757, the bill making it
illegal for consumers to purchase guns, as passed by the House. |
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November 2002 Vermont Mental Health
Performance Indicator Project Report |
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Genius
physicist's fight to decline anti-psychotic drugs goes to top Canadian court |
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Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Unveils
DisabilityInfo.gov |
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Mentally Ill and Locked Away in
Nursing Homes in New York |
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Social Security Online for American Indian
and Alaska Natives Webpage Launched. |
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The Well Being of our Nation: An
Inter-Generational Vision of Effective Mental Health Services and Supports
(September 16, 2002) (PDF).
Webpage Version. |
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Psychotic Illness Behind Few Violent Acts: Report |
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Criminal Hospital |
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Two Studies Raise Doubts on Trauma Counseling's Value |
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National Disability Policy: A Progress Report, National Council on
Disability July 26, 2002, December 2000--December 2001. |
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Thousands Plan Mental Health March in UK. |
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N.Y. Advocacy Group Files Suit on Behalf of Mentally Ill Prisoners |
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Bipolar
breakthrough |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority June 15, 2002 Newsletter. |
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N.Y.
Advocacy Group Files Suit on Behalf of Mentally Ill Prisoners |
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Alaska Consumers Consortium
Announces it
has submitted a Package of 15 Budget Proposals to Mental Health
Board |
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May 15, 2002, Trust Newsletter |
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New York Times Article, The
Adult Home Scandal, April 30, 2002. |
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New York Times Article,
Voiceless,
Defenseless and a Source of Cash, April 30, 2002. |
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New York Times Article,
Here, Life Is Squalor and Chaos, April 29, 2002. |
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New York Times Article,
For Mentally Ill,
Death and Misery, April 28, 2002 (In Anchorage they die on the streets) |
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Second Circuit Court of Appeals sets standard under
which involuntary medication may be ordered to render a non-dangerous criminal
defendant competent to stand trial in US v. Gomes, 4/24/2002. |
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Mental Health Court Featured in
Alaska Justice Forum Winter 2002 (PDF/Acrobat
Reader) (HTML/Web
Site) |
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"Anchorage
Mental Health Court" described in
Emerging
Judicial Strategies for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Caseload: Mental Health
Courts in Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, San Bernardino, and Anchorage by
John S. Goldkamp and Cheryl Irons-Guynn. Bureau of Justice Assistance Monograph,
April 2000, NCJ 182504. |
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April 15, 2002 Mental Health Trust
Authority Newsletter. |
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The Alaska Division
of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities has posted a web page for
Consumers use. |
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March 15, 2002, Mental Health
Trust Authority Newsletter. |
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CMHS Budget Cuts Harm Consumer Involvement |
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On March 8, 2002, in Davis v.
Thompson the Ninth Circuit rules the Americans with Disabilities Act applies
to criminal proceedings. |
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February 15, 2002, Mental Health
Trust Authority Newsletter. |
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February 1, 2002, Mental Health
Trust Authority Newsletter |
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Performance Measures Pilot Project -- Primary Phase Final Report |
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January, 2002 Mental Health Trust
Authority Newsletter |
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Mental Health Trust
Authority December 15, 2001 Newsletter. |
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Mini Grants due January 10th in Juneau. See letter
and application
form (pdf) |
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Transcript of Mental
Health Trust Authority's November 15, 2001 meeting in Fairbanks. |
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Supreme Court agrees to consider limits on
disability benefits |
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Mental Health
Trust Authority December 1, 2001, Newsletter. |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority, November 15, 2001 Listserv Newsletter |
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Alaska Community Mental Health Association
(ACMHSA) November
8, 2001 Newsletter (PDF) |
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Alaska Community Mental Health Services
Association (ACMHSA) October 31, 2001, Newsletter (PDF) |
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority October 15, 2001 Listserv Newsletter |
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Supreme Court agrees to consider limits on
disability benefits
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Position for the Mental Health Representative position with the Governors Committee on
Employment and Rehabilitation of People With Disabilities is open. For further
information the following link may be visited: http://www.gov.state.ak.us/boards/bcinfo.htm
Any questions or comments can be directed to dawn_hamilton@labor.state.ak.us. |
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The Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web initiates a State-Wide Toll Free Peer
Support Warm Line (866) 832-2980.
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Trust August 1, 2001
Listserv Newsletter.
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Trust July 15, 2001
Listserv Newsletter.
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HHS Releases First Clarification
of Its Patient Privacy Protections
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Trust July
1, 2001 Listserv Newsletter.
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Trust
June 15, 2001 Listserv Newsletter.
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Hospital Core Measures Implementation Date Pushed Back
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority June 1, 2001 e-mail Newsletter.
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Support the Mental Illness Consumer-Run Services Support Act
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Alaska Mental Health Trust May 15,
2001, Newsletter.
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Updated National Directory
of Mental Health Organizations released by SAMHSA
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Recovery
By Choice released by RFP to increase the capacity of Alaska's
community-based mental health system by adding a new program to provide intense,
ongoing services to persons with chronic and severe mental illness.
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State
releases Consumer Designed and Managed (Capital) Projects Grant RFP.
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
May, 2001 Newsletter.
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Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority April, 2001 Newsletter
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Children's Mental Health
Services Class Action suit in Arizona settled.
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SB 182
a threat to Alaska's vulnerable children, poor, elderly and disabled
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The State and Providence
Hospital reach agreement on Single Point of Entry into the mental health
system in Anchorage.
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Online Events Focus on Addiction
and Recovery The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
announced today a series of 14 web-based events designed to raise awareness
about the effectiveness of substance abuse treatment.
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New Guide "Recovering Your
Mental Health" Now Available / New
*How To* Guide Released to Fight Discrimination In the Media Against People
With Mental Illness through SAMHSA.
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Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority April, 2001 Newsletter
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The State and Providence
Hospital reach agreement on Single Point of Entry into the mental health system
in Anchorage.
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Judge Rhoades' March 2001 testimony to US Senate Appropriations Committee
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Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority’s Rural Funding Coordination Project
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| Alaska
Mental Health Trust Authority March, 2001 Newsletter.
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| Mental Health Performance Measures--Phase One
Report tasked with identifying a set of performance measures for evaluation of the state's public mental health system
is now available (PDF Format)
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| New
NAMI-Anchorage
Support Group for
families with children experiencing emotional, behavioral
and psychiatric disorders kicking off February 21st.
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| Trust
Authority's February 2001 Electronic Newsletter
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| The Alaska Mental Health Board has submitted Proposed
Grievance Redress and Consumer Involvement Standards for inclusion in
Grantee contracts to the Division of Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities.
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| The September 15,
2000 Minutes of the Alaska Mental Health Research Steering Committee (pdf
format) are now available along with the follow-up
Memo from Jeff Jessee.
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| Congratulation to the new Alaska Chapter of International
Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services! The first meeting
will be held at the NAMI Alaska office on 12/18/00 Monday 12 noon till
1:30 pm. If you have any question, please email at IAPSRSAK@AOL.COM
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| CMH/API 2000 Project (Proposed PACT Plan) Outcome Notes. Meetings with Consumers and Family Members
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| CHOICES -Consumers Having Ownership In
Creating Effective Services proposed as alternative to PACT.
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| The AKMHCWEB Thrift Store is now open!
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| Consumer Made Authentic Eskimo Dolls for Sale!
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| Confronting the Mental Health Crisis
Behind Bars Deadline August 31st
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| New Chat Room Established for
Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web
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| Call for Submissions: Fortune News Fall
2000 Issue
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| Patient Advocates Can Help Mentally Ill
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| E-mail from Millie Ryan about
what the state is doing on the Ticket to Work Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999.
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| Free medications available to those who qualify.
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| The Alaska Mental Health Board met in a July 21, 2000
teleconference, and adopted the the Budget Committee's Budget Recommendations for FY
2002-03:
At the meeting a couple of changes of priority might have been made. |
Comments on the draft
"Decision
Support 2000+" Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program (MHSIP) Due 8/31/00. See, http://www.mhsip.org/ds2000/newindex.htm
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| Comments are due on the draft Inpatient Quality Assurance Standards
(PDF format) due by July 15th. A Microsoft Word Version is also available, which you
can markup to make comments. There will be a public meeting about these at API in
Anchorage on June 27th from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. For more information contact
Yvonne Jacobson. |
API Governing Board appointments announced. |
Free medications available to those who qualify. |
| The Alaska Academy for the Mentally Ill (AKADMI) announces its formation, and publishes its first set of minutes. |
Quality Assurance Reports on line. |
Federal Government proposes new regulations
pertaining to people with psychiatric disabilities. |
| Boston University's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation's recently
published: A National Survey of Professionals and Managers with Psychiatric
Conditions: A Portrait of Achievements and Challenges |
Neurologist Challenges the
Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health: fraud or calling
psychiatric disorders--diseases |
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| On 12/17/99, President Clinton signed the Work Incentive Improvement Act
of 1999 into law. Consumers can work and keep benefits while merging into the main
stream. We can seek and choose service providers for rehabilitation and employment
services. A detailed analysis of the bill can be found at http://www.ssa.gov/legislation/legis_bulletin_120399.html The Conference Report for TWWIIA can be accessed at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:HR01180:@@@M |
| Minutes of Mental Health
Consumers of Alaska Special Meeting (Reorganization). |
| The Homer Integrated Quality Assurance (IQA) Addendum report was issued
November 19, 1999. See it in pdf format or as a web page. |
| US Department of Labor publishes Draft
White Paper and call for comments on its proposed implementation of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 on November 12, 1999. (PDF format) |
Implications
of Consumer Direction for Disability Policy - Development and
Rehabilitation Service Delivery |
| Alaska Mental Health
Court Project |
| On Sunday, August 15th, the Anchorage
Daily News published an article, called "Far
From the Madding Crowd," about the Ionia
Community. |
| 1999 Comprehensive Integrated Mental
Health Plan is officially published. |
