Rasoul: A conversation about mental health

By Sam Rasoul Rasoul, a Democrat, represents much of Roanoke in the House of Delegates. All too often when we hear mental illness, depression or suicide mentioned out loud, the details of a national or international tragedy follow. We may feel a need to understand or...

Happening Now! Workforce Re-Entry in Lynchburg

[huge_it_slider id=”1″]     Hello from Lynchburg! It’s Danielle again and we are about at the halfway point of Workforce Re-Entry at Eagle Eyrie Conference Center. Our executive director Anne and conference facilitator Jamie are guiding...

Mental Health America Mourns Victims of Germanwings Flight

Statement by Paul Gionfriddo, President and CEO “Mental Health America joins America and the world in mourning the loss of those killed in the horrific and tragic plane crash of flight 9525. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims. It is clear at...

Housing, Not Asylums

NYAPRS Note: Again, advocate Leah Harris lays out an eloquent and powerful agenda for recovery-based mental health reform that displaces the narrative that institutionalization may improve opportunities and health for people with a diagnosis, or could improve overall...