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As We Begin A New Century
By KEN STEELE, Publisher
"We are the last great civil rights movement of this past century ... In the next one, we will have the science, the organized voting strength and the means to leave our ghettos of isolation behind us."New Health Care Reform Act
By RICHARD N. GOTTFRIED
"We won an extraordinary victory for all New Yorkers when the final packages were negotiated and passed in December."An Alternative to PACT
By DANIEL FISHER, M.D., Ph.D. and LAURIE AHERN
"Our research has shown that the most important element in recovery is having someone to assist you who believes in you and understands you."MHANYS' 2000 Legislative Program
By JOSEPH A. GLAZER, Esq
"the 2000 Legislative Program is based on testimony offered by mental health advocates at the MHANYS Annual Public Hearing in October."Families and Consumers: Coalescing Constituencies
By LAURIE FLYNN
"Ken and the Voter Empowerment Project give consumers and families, NAMI and NMHA, and you and me, a place to work together. And working together, we truly can change the world."Work Incentive Act is Law
By DAVID KELLOGG
"The new law should ... give more Americans with disabilities the opportunity to participate in the workforce"New Era for Mental Health
By NEAL L. COHEN, M.D.
"We are still making up for decades of neglect in adequately caring for people with mental illness, but in the past ten years we have made an impressive start."Andrew Goldstein Trial
By PATRICIA WARBURG CLIFF
"The Webdale family is to be commended for the lawsuits that they are bringing against the hospitals which denied Mr. Goldstein care."Stigmabusters Network
By JOE RODGERS
"Their 'smoking gun' approach to confronting stereotypes in the media is simple, it often works, and it opens doors to key figures in the media industry."Parity Matters to Me
By LISA GIBSON
"This national debate is about illnesses just as real and treatable as cancer, heart disease or diabetes."1,000 Mile Journey For Life Earns Clifford W. Beers Award
By CYNTHIA WAINSCOTT , Executive Director, Mental Health Association of Georgia
"Stuart Perry knows about survival -- and he knows about victory. This 40-year-old man from Americus, Georgia did something so remarkable it will not be easily forgotten."Tragedies Will Continue Without Action
By KEN STEELE, Publisher
"mental diseases like schizophrenia, bipolar disease, major clinical depression and others are in fact physical, biochemical diseases"Cruel Editorials, Columns & Politics
By N. FAITHFUL
"The norm is that -- contrary to what the Daily News would have you believe -- people who serve time in hospitals serve more time than what they would have served in prison."Singing the Praises of an Unsung Hero
By JOSEPH A. GLAZER, Esq.
"Senator Duane spoke in support of his motion, saying, 'This bill does not provide greater coverage for mental illnesses, it provides for equal treatment. For too long ... people who are seeking treatment for mental illness have had to live with stigmatization.'"What Consumers Can Do
By CINDY MAYHEW
"in the face of oppression, communities have to strengthen the bonds amongst themselves to survive. This is the time to strengthen the bonds within the consumer community.""Hospitals to Handcuffs"
By DAVID KELLOGG
"Judge Wachtler spoke of his personal experience as a person living with mental illness in federal prison. 'I tell you that if you're not mentally ill when you go in, you certainly will be shortly thereafter,' he said. 'The first thing they do is put you in solitary confinement'"Kendra's Law Narrowly Interpreted
By CERISSE ANDERSON
"The specificity in pleading required under Kendra's Law is not to be taken lightly"... The requirement that facts be stated ..."speaks not only to due process rights, but such specificity enables the respondent to prepare and interpose a defense."Consumer/Survivors Work Toward "National Desk"
By DAVID KELLOGG
"The community of people with psychiatric disabilities and of psychiatric survivors is by far the largest constituency among people with disabilities"New York City Ordered to Provide Discharge Plans for Mentally Ill in Jail
By HEATHER BARR, Esq.
"What would you do if you found yourself at Queens Plaza at 3 in the morning with $1.50 and a $3 Metrocard? Imagine that you had no home to go to, no family to call, no other money for food or clothes or a place to stay. Imagine that it was cold outside."Into the Capitol
By JOSEPH A. GLAZER, Esq
"following maneuvers and counter-maneuvers, the effort to get Senator Libous' parity bill past the Senate was defeated—with all 23 Republican co-sponsors voting against their own bill."NAMI Annual Convention
By PATRICIA WARBURG CLIFF
"NAMI welcomes and encourages consumer participation in its membership and welcomes the voices and opinions of consumers at our conventions."Voices of Recovery
By LAURIE FLYNN
"Recovery must be more than simply using new medications to control symptoms. Real recovery means having a real life and a real future beyond illness management."