January 30, 2008 – 7:24 am
Check out a trailer of our new movie, To See What I See: The Stigma of Mental Illness. This 20-minute movie, produced by Mary Pierce and Jeff Morgan, tells the story of our Stigma Busters’ work to help make a difference in our local communities. Stigma Busters have come together to create photobiographies, art work, [...]
January 27, 2008 – 10:16 am
What an historic, momentous day! Great dialogue and camaraderie was apparent from the start of the first meeting of the NLCMH Recovery Council. This group of great people has been appointed to tackle the hard work of helping to transform our local public mental health system to one based on recovery. After attending to housekeeping [...]
January 27, 2008 – 9:54 am
Wonderful ideas were contributed by all who attended the second meetings of the NLCMH Recovery Learning Communities in January. This meeting focused on two issues: 1) what the official NLCMH definition of recovery should be; and 2) what can be done in the next six months to make the environment at NLCMH based on recovery. [...]
January 18, 2008 – 2:10 pm
A series that aired on The Today Show and a new book by Richard M. Cohen, called Strong at the Broken Places, are worth mentioning here for those looking for hope in their recovery. The Today Show series is all about the new book and it includes interviews with people whose stories are highlighted in [...]