A National Call to Action: Protecting Medicaid for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness and Autism Learn how proposed cuts to Medicaid could impact people with disabilities and what you can do to take action.

Don’t wait—oppose harmful #Medicaid cuts by speaking out for those with #SeriousMentalIllness and #autism.

Contact your #legislators now and share your story!

#ProtectMedicaid #DisabilityRights

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A National Call to Action: Protecting Medicaid for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness and Autism Learn how proposed cuts to Medicaid could impact people with disabilities and what you can do to take action.

Don’t wait—oppose harmful #Medicaid cuts by speaking out for those with #SeriousMentalIllness and #autism.

Contact your #legislators now and share your story!

#ProtectMedicaid #DisabilityRights

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A National Call to Action: Protecting Medicaid for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness and Autism Learn how proposed cuts to Medicaid could impact people with disabilities and what you can do to take action.

Don’t wait—oppose harmful #Medicaid cuts by speaking out for those with #SeriousMentalIllness and #autism.

Contact your #legislators now and share your story!

#ProtectMedicaid #DisabilityRights

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Can a family member start an AOT program? By Leslie Carpenter, Legislative Advocacy Manager, TAC Can a family member advocate to start an AOT program? Absolutely! When we have a loved one with a severe mental illness (SMI) […] The post Can a family member start an AOT program? first appeared on Treatment Advocacy Center.

Can a family member start an AOT program? #MentalHealth #FamilyAdvocacy #AssistedOutpatientTreatment #TreatmentAdvocacy #SeriousMentalIllness

Meet our author, Katherine Ponte. Ponte is coauthor of 'Loving Someone with a Serious Mental Illness'. Learn more here: www.newharbinger.com/author/kathe...

#authorspotlight #mentalhealthadvocate #mentalhealth #seriousmentalillness #bipolardisorder #partmemoir #ForLikeMinds #recoveryfocused

New Program Spotlight: Richardson-Lowman Serious Mental I... The APF Team sat down for a conversation with Dr. Linda R...

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#SeriousMentalIllness #SMI #SMIResearch #Psychology #PsychologyResearch

Complexities in Caring for Older Adults: Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement Caring for older adults with serious mental illness requires integrated healthcare, social support, and stable housing.

#ComprehensiveCare, integrating clinical and supportive services, and addressing #housing and economic #stability, is important for improving outcomes in individuals with #SeriousMentalIllness.

By @Tweet_SFC

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Governor Hochul Launches $102 Million Effort to Expand Care and Treatment for New Yorkers with Serious Mental Illness Governor Hochul's $1 billion plan to transform mental health care includes $92 million to develop Critical Time Intervention teams.

Governor Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) just unveiled a $102 million plan for New Yorkers with #SeriousMentalIllness that expands #StableHousing and provides Critical Time Intervention teams for discharged #MentalHealthCare patients.

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Working Toward Employment: A Journey of Growth and Support As a young woman, Lisa was told that she would never work. She suffers from serious mental illness and has experienced multiple traumas during her

Lisa, a woman with #SeriousMentalIllness and a history of #trauma, discovers her #resilience and #empowerment at @SPOP_Inc's PROS program. Lisa exemplifies the transformative potential of age-inclusive #BehavioralHealth services.

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Critical Questions for the Development of Housing that Supports Recovery There is no doubt that housing supports recovery – i.e., having a satisfying life as a person with a serious mental illness depends first and foremost on

#Housing for individuals with #SeriousMentalIllness was overlooked during the initiation of #MentalHealth reforms, bringing challenges to housing programs that contribute effectively to recovery

By @mbfriedman395

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Addressing the Intersection between Severe Mental Illness and Homelessness Services for the UnderServed (S:US) is one the largest community-based health and human services organizations in New York State that works intentionally

Discover how @sus_org empowers those with #SeriousMentalIllness (SMI) through #CompassionateCare, #homelessness solutions, and tailored support, creating success stories every day.

#CommunityBasedCare #housing #intersectionality #MentalHealthcare

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Understanding and Detecting the Signs of Serious Mental Illness and Suicidal Ideation Serious mental illness and suicidal ideation are two of the largest problems in American healthcare today. In fact, while one-in-five American adults have

Death by #suicide and #SeriousMentalIllness are closely related. By learning the signs of both, #healthcare #practitioners can better identify those in need of #MentalHealthScreenings and other services.

By Rola Aamar, PhD
@Relias

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Mental Health in America: Looking Back With Pride and Ahead With Hope In the early 1970s at the height of deinstitutionalization in New York, I worked at a psychiatric rehabilitation program on the West Side of Manhattan

With historical pride and future hope, this article sketches the development of the US #CommunityBasedMentalHealth system from the early 1970s until today.

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#advocacy #deinstitutionalization #HealthEquity #SeriousMentalIllness

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Serious Mental Illness Recovery: The Basics When managing serious mental illness (SMI), the recovery journey can be long and challenging. It often requires creative and prolonged efforts to build

Learn about #recovery from #seriousmentalillness, deepen your understanding about it, begin your recovery journey, or help a loved one or patient do so.

#hope #MentalHealth #PeerSupport #PersonCenteredCare #SelfDetermination #stigma #YourTrustedSource

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The mortality gap for people with #SeriousMentalIllness is approx 15-20 yrs less than the general population. Why is there not a public outcry? Where are these voices? Challenging #attitudes & #stigma doesn’t happen when the issues/reality don’t ‘fit’ glossy campaigns #MHAW21