Link to Annotated Pennsylvania Mental Health Statutes

Not sure if this will interest anyone, but I thought I would include it for those interested in the legal side of the mental health system in Pennsylvania
http://www.psychlaws.org/LegalResources/StateLaws/Pennsylvaniastatute.htm

“State of PA’s Mental Health Care” May 2006

  This article was published in May 2006, and offers some views on NAMI’s “Grading the States’ specifically a response on the “D+” grade that Pennsylvania received compared to the national score of “D”.  It’s a little dated, but still I found it interesting to see some of the different views presented in the article.
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“The Lobotomist”

This link
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lobotomist/?campaign=pbshomefeatures_2_americanexperiencebrthelobotomist_2008-01-22
Will take you to a page on PBS’s website that discusses the history of the Lobotomy, complete with a very interesting program that explains the history of the procedure, from beginning to end.  While I hope nobody brings back this procedure, I feel that it is something people need to know about so they [...]

“Mayview Service Area Plan” site includes closure info.

  I found a great link with tons of info relating to the closure of Mayview State Hospital.  It is part of the Mayview Service Area Plan site, so some of the information you have read here is also found on their site, but there are some items on there that I haven’t dug up [...]

Fluke? or the beginning of a new trend

  I witnessed something that impressed me more then you can imagine.  our local Community Support Program (CSP) has been floundering at best for as long as I can remember with meetings in the past discussing what activities should be held for Consumers at the drop-in center, and other misc. topics that really didn’t pertain [...]

“Peer Support in Allegheny County” Summer 2006

The following link is a great example of what Peer SUpport can look like in action.  The link will take you to a PDF file published by Allegheny County, PA
http://www.ahci.org/Reports/OtherReports/PeerSupportReport.pdf

SAMHSA: “Consumer/Survivor-Operated Self-Help Programs: A Technical Report”

This is a great resource for those who want to learn more about the Consumer-Driven movement.  The PDF file is 90+pages in length, but is pact full of easy to read information ranging from types of Consumer-run organizations, to the history of the movement and many more things then I could list here.  Definitely worth taking [...]

“Rapp Takes State Hospital Closing Moratorium Mission to Speaker’s Symposium on Crime and Violence”

Released to the media on January 8, 2008 Representative Kathy Rapp continues to push for a study on the number of inmates who are mentally ill in hopes that she can delay the closure of state hospitals until the study is completed.

Rapp Takes State Hospital Closing Moratorium Mission to Speaker’s Symposium on Crime and Violence
01/08/08

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New Hope Assistance Dogs, Inc.

  I utilize a Service Dog to aid in symptom control of me mental illnesses, the organization I received my service dog through is called, New Hope Assistance Dogs, Inc.  Normally I wouldn’t post anything asking for money of any kind, but New Hope Assistance Dogs, Inc ( http://newhopedogs.org ), which is competing to raise money [...]

CST, Recovery Model and the integration with Evidence based Practices

  Here’s a link to another PDF file that pertains to the Consumer-driven movment that is taking hold in many places.  Like the previous PDF files, it is from NAMI Southwestern Pennsylvania, and it discusses Consumer/Family Satisfaction Teams (C/FST) and their role in molding a Recovery oriented Mental Health System.  It also discusses a program [...]