Mental Health Policy and Practice

MH Policy for the 21st Century

  • Must-Read for MH Policy Makers: Review of MH and Social Policy (2013)   ViewPDF
  • Gains of the Past Give Hope for the Future (2013)   ViewPDF
  • Agenda for the 2nd Decade of the 21st Century (2009)   View PDF
  • "Looking Back with Pride and Forward with Hope" (2010)   View PDF

Advocacy Manual for MH

Child Mental Health

  • Address Children's Mental Health Needs (2002)   View PDF
  • Reminiscence Child  Mental  Health  Policy  in New York State (2007)   View PDF

Co-Occurring Disorders

  • Meeting Medical Needs of People with SMI: Will New Initiatives Work? (2012) View PDF
  • Briefing Book Co-Ocurring Disorders (2007)   View PDF
  • Co-Occurring Disorders Testimony (2003)   View PDF

Creativity, Art, and Mental Health

  • Creativity and Psychological Well-Being: NYSPA Keynote (2012)   View PDF
  • Art Can Be Good For Mental Health (2012)   View PDF
  • Art Helps People Live With Mental Illness (2012)   View PDF
  • Creativity and Madness: Is There An Inherent Link? (2012)   View PDF 
  • Music and Living With Dementia (2012)   View PDF
  • Creating and Helping: Key Ingredients of Aging Well (2011)   View PDF

Depression

  • Depressed or Demoralized   View PDF
  • You Can Be Depressed Without Being Sad   View PDF

Economic Crisis

  • Mental Health In A Time Of Economic Crisis (2009)   View PDF

Family Caregivers

  • Review of How We Got Barb Back (2012)   View PDF

Finance and Managed Care

  • Medicaid and Mental Health: Why Neglecting MH Is Expensive (2011)   View PDF
  • Medicare Could Be Worse (2005)   View PDF
  • Reinvestment Requiem or Revival (2002)   View PDF
  • Use Medicaid for Growth (2005)   View PDF
  • Without Managed Care What's Next (2000)   View PDF

Health Care Reform and Mental Health

  • Health Care Reform Benefits Americans With Behavioral Health Needs (2012) View PDF
  • Supreme Court Decision Benefits People With Mental Illness (2012)  View PDF
  • Mental Health In Health Care Reform (2011)   View PDF
  • MH and the Presidential Candidates (2008)   View PDF
  • MH in Health Reform (2009)   View PDF
  • New York Times Letter (2007)   View PDF
  • We Need A Sound Bite For Mental Health (2009)   View PDF

History

  • Clifford Beers: The Origins of Modern Mental Health Policy (2002)   View PDF

Hospitals

  • Beyond the Politics of Hospital Closures (2004)   View PDF
  • Closing State Psychiatric Centers (2003)   View PDF
  • Hospital Closure Commission (2006)   View PDF

Housing

  • Housing Key To Closing The Mortality Gap (2011) View PDF
  • Adult Homes A Crisis of Conscience (2002)   View PDF
  • Make a Full Committment to Housing (2004)   View PDF

Humor

  • Manual of Mishegas: Excerpt in The Tablet   View PDF

Integrating Health and Mental Health

  • "Mental Health Is Missing" (2010)  View PDF
  • Physical and Mental Health Should Be a Shared Priority (2008)   View PDF
  • Save  Money,  Save Lives (2007)   View PDF

Internet

  • Internet Addiction: Public Health Crisis? (2011)   View PDF

Kinship Care

  • Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (2010)   View PDF
  • Mental Health Needs in Kinship Care (2010)   View PDF  

Lifestyle and Behavior Change

  • A Healthy Lifestyle Needs Motivation (2011)   View PDF

Minority Mental Health

  • Barriers to Financing Cultural Competence (2004)   View PDF

Mortality Gap

  • Housing Key To Closing The Mortality Gap (2011)   View PDF
  • Schizophrenia,The Mortality Gap,and Suicide (2010)   View PDF

New Freedom Commission

  • Mental Health System Not in Shambles-YET (2003)   View PDF
  • President's Commission (2003)   View PDF 

NYS Mental Health System

  • Overview of NYS's Mental Health System (2009)   View PDF

NYS Budgets

  • 1992-93: Promise is Broken   View PDF
  • 1997-8 MH Budget   View PDF
  • 2000-2001 MH Budget   View PDF
  • 2001-2 Continue to Improve Mental Health Services   View PDF
  • 2003-4 Governor's Budget Request Needs Scrutiny   View PDF

Parity

  • PARITY--We Need A Hero (2002)   View PDF

Psychiatric Medications

  • Is Sleep Medication Dangerous? (2012)  View PDF
  • Don't Restrict Access To Psychiatric Medications (2003)   View PDF

Rehabilitation

  • Behavioral Rehabilitation of Treatment Refractory Schizophrenia (2006)   View PDF

Research

  • Service Systems Research Plan (1992)   View PDF

Stigma

Substance Abuse

  • Prescription Painkillers: When Are The Too Much Of A Good Thing   View PDF
  • Prescription Painkillers: Protect Yourself and Your Family (2012)   View PDF

Terrorism

  • Mental Health Needs of Children and Adolescents After Terrorism (2002)   View PDF
  • New York 9-11 and After (2003)   View PDF
  • Terrorism  in  New  York City The  Mental Health Impact  of  9-11 (2002)   View PDF 
  • Terrorism and Implications for Mental Health Planning (2002)   View PDF

Veterans

  • See Comedy Warriors (2013)   View PDF
  • Let's Not Forget Older Veterans (2012)   View PDF
  • Veterans' Mental Health Is Neglected (2011)   View PDF
  • Veterans' Families Deserve Expanded Care (2010)   View PDF
  • Vets MH Testimony (2010)   View PDF

Violence

  • Mass Murder: Is There A Mental Health Issue (2013)   View PDF
  • The Arizona Shootings: Psychosis and Stranger Homicide (2011)   View PDF

Women With Serious Mental Illness

  • The Vulnerability of Women With Serious Mental Illness (2011)   View PDF