International News: Mental Health Spotlight

By Thomas Insel on January 27, 2014 Just returning from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. While media reports covered speeches from some of the 40 heads of state attending or skewered the over-the-top parties of the rich and famous associated with...

MHAV Hosts First Advocacy Focus Group in 2013

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...

Letter to The Washington Post

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...