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Join the Coalition for Virginians with Mental Disabilities on Monday, January 20, 2014 at the Virginia General Assembly for the annual Mental Health Advocacy Day. Click on our Events Page for more information.
MHAV hosted its first advocacy focus group in 2013. Graduates of our Consumer Empowerment and Leadership Training (CELT) conferences were joined by other concerned Virginians and discussed difficult issues, including gaps in mental health services, struggles with...
November 28, 2013 Letter to the Editor The tragedy affecting the Deeds family in Virginia once again casts a spotlight on mental health issues in our society [“Virginia investigates release of Deeds’s son,” front page, Nov. 21]. Inadequate state funding and too few...
Incident involving Deeds family casts spotlight on treatment, funding The death of a state senator’s son last week has many in Virginia talking about the state of the commonwealth’s mental health system. Sen. Creigh Deeds’ son, Gus Deeds, stabbed his father and then...
Dear MIRC members, Expanding Medicaid is a more cost-effective option to provide mental health coverage for low income Virginians than the current system. Mental Health America of Virginia (MHAV) serves hundreds who do not qualify for coverage, but have instead...
