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The Fight Against Involuntary Commitment: Are Protection and Advisory Councils Fulfilling Their Mission?

Mad in America

All states and territories and several Native American tribes have a P&Ausually based at a nonprofit organization, and often with Disability Rights in their name. When she moved to Ohio in 2019, KK joined the PAC with Disability Rights Ohio. How common across the country is this still today?

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From Public Service to Private Practice: The Collapse of the Social Work Profession

Mad in America

By the mid to late 20th century, neoliberal policies led to cuts in social programs, shifting social responsibility from the state to mostly nonprofits and privatized services. We all know the dire working conditions in the public and nonprofit social service sectors these dayspoorly managed and exploitative, to say the least.

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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

Mad in America

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require warnings for persistent sexual dysfunction, for example, and today the agency is attempting to defend itself from a lawsuit by the consumer advocacy nonprofit Public Citizen, which claims that it failed to respond to a 2018 petition to do so. I understand these concerns all too well.

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Construction Set to Begin on Downtown Mental-Health and Housing Development

Santa Barbara Sanctuary Centers

Sanctuary Centers, a nonprofit focused on providing care and housing for individuals suffering from mental illness, will host a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, December 14, for its five-story facility, which melds housing and healthcare services together in one building.

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Sanctuary Centers to Break Ground on New Mental Health Facility in Downtown Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara Sanctuary Centers

Sanctuary Centers, a nonprofit focused on providing care and housing for individuals suffering from mental illness, will host a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, December 14, for its five-story facility, which melds housing and health-care services together in one building.

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The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Center in Partnership with Radio Workshop Announces Next Generation of African Media Leaders Through Innovative Communicator Fellowship

Child Mind Intitute

Curtis Mkhize, based in Durban, was first introduced to Radio Workshop in 2019 as a youth reporter at Vibe FM. Drawing from their exceptional experience and knowledge, the fellows share a connected determination to dismantling barriers towards quality mental health care for young people through compelling stories.

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2025 Election Begins March 1

The Maryland Psychiatric Society

Secretary-Treasurer 2018 2019, President-Elect 2019 -2020, President 2020 2021, Council Chair 2021 2022, Nominations and Elections Committee 2022 – present. Board Member, Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry, 2011 2018.