THE FINAL SOLUTION TO THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

Blockages to reforming the ‘system’

J. Peters 2021-03-01

The mental health movement was a civil rights movement, but what happened?

Abuse Change Childhood Trauma CRIAG LEWIS Crisis Future help identity positive thinking Reform revision Self Help Self-Management Systems Issues Terms

I stand in support and solidarity for LGBTQ folks and Survivors of all genders

Craig Lewis 2021-02-26

From age 15 to nearly 18, I was a teenage boy with breasts.

BIDEN Celebrities Change COVID-19 Crisis ELECTION 2020 Future Howard Diamond identity Peer positive thinking racism Reform Self Help Systems Issues TRUMP

FEBRUARY STILL REFLECTING ON DECEMBER

Howard Diamond CPS (Certified Peer Specialist) 2021-02-18

Success and failure are different for each of us, but we do strive for the former

Change DISABILITIES Future Pathway racism Reform Systems Issues Terms

The SPOA (SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS) System – Reform and Revise

J. Peters 2021-02-08

Under the auspices of the local DCMH, the county entry points use SPOA/SPOE (Single Point of Access/Entry), filled out by clinicians applying for services for their patients.

HEALTH HOMES health issues Reform revision

THE TRIANGLE OF DISPAIR: A Stain of Disgrace on America

Glenn Slabby B.S, MFA 2021-02-05

Mental Illness, Incarceration and Quality of Life (Homelessness), a vicious cycle, occurring all too frequently.

Change health issues help identity PROSUMER revision Self Help Self-Management symptoms Systems Issues Terms THEORY

The ‘truth’ about ‘fuctional’ impairments

J. Peters 2021-02-02

Noone who read my writing can deny that I believe in recovery

Change Crisis Future health issues help INTERN Pathway Peer Student THEORY

Crisis Response: the Question of the Peer role in Emergency Community Mental Health

J. Peters 2021-01-27

The root of it, the peer workforce is not ready. I can hear it now: Not glad?! What exactly do you mean? I mean in terms of preparedness

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DO YOU WANT TO BE A VOLUNTEER?

Howard Diamond CPS (Certified Peer Specialist) 2021-01-26

Volunteering is willingly working on behalf of others without the expectation of pay or other tangible gains.

Diagnosis DISABILITIES HEALTH HOMES health issues Reform revision Self Help Systems Issues Terms THEORY

HARPs at 5 Years: What Have We Learned?

Michael Fagan, MPA, LCSW 2021-01-26

The state agencies cited are by no means the only entities working to achieve these goals

Change identity Reform revision Self Help Terms

Your typical ‘crazy’ person or ‘nutbag’

J. Peters 2021-01-24

I seem to remember a day when different was both a good thing and a bad thing.

Change Diagnosis Future health issues Muse Pathway Reform revision Self Help Systems Issues THEORY

Neo-Institutionalization: The Overregulation of Community Mental Health

J. Peters 2021-01-20

Neo-institutionalization evolved and came into being out of the clumsy rollout of de-institutionalization policies in the 1970 and 1980s.

Crisis Diagnosis Future health issues help THEORY

DNR, Sign me Up

J. Peters 2021-01-04

Do Not RESUSCITATE, PLEASE. DNR orders, or Do Not Resuscitate orders, aren’t very tricky when it comes to the law and how the law is carried out and interpreted by doctors and patients embarking on…