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News from the Foundation for Mental Health

The Foundation's Friend-to-Friend program and its partnership with the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health was recently profiled in The New Haven Register.

Social Security

by Abram Katz

The New Haven Register

September 9, 2004

A Friendship Minimizes Disabilities: Volunteers Reach Out In New Program
By Christine Dempsey

Hartford Courant

June 3, 2004

What’s New in the State of Connecticut

Connecticut is one of the nation’s leaders in recovery-oriented public mental health services. Check back here for the latest information on what’s new at the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Strengthening Our Ability to Prevent and Treat Substance Abuse in Connecticut

October 18, 2004

Governor Rell Announces $1.4 Million for 'Peer-to-Peer' Addiction Recovery

October 11, 2004

Access to Recovery Grant

September 1, 2004

Mental Illness News in the Media

As the stigma surrounding mental illness is reduced, the media are recognizing more and more that mental illness is a growing public health issues. Click here to see mental health topics in the popular media.

For Pulsipher, down doesn't mean out

By Bill Pulsipher, as told to Alan Schwartz

www.baseballamerica.com

Illness, Disability May Not Dampen Spirits: Most sick and disabled people just as happy as healthy folk, study finds

HealthDay

February 10, 2005

Andidepressant Foods

Forbes.com

February 10, 2005

Fewer kids taking antidepressants: Fears of suicide risks prompt 10 percent drop in prescriptions

Reuters

February 1, 2005

An Empowerment Model of Recovery From Severe Mental Illness: An Expert Interview With Daniel B. Fisher, MD, PhD
Medscape

January 20, 2005

Patients not in crisis will lose coverage: (Washington) State to sort mental disorders in A, B lists

By Kathie Durbin
The Vancouver Columbian

January 18, 2005

Art Review: Troubled Imaginings that Erupt in the Night

By Benjamin Genocchio

New York Times

January 16, 2005

Go to Archived News Articles for 2004

National News from NIMH and SAMHSA

A division of the National Institute of Health, The NIMH is the leading public research institute dedicated to funding research on mind, brain, and behavior issues. SAMHSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, is a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services. See what’s new in mental health research.