News Archives

November 2007

• Depression Help Boosts Productivity
  (Human Resource Executive)
  
  "A study suggests that offering assistance to depressed employees results in a positive return on investment. But, first, companies must work to overcome the stigma of mental illness, experts say." (OMOD quoted.)
  Read article here.

October 2007

• Latinos Shun Help for Mental Health Problems
  (New America Media)
  
  "… many of us do not seek appropriate treatment due to the stigma attached to these psychiatric illnesses"
  Read article here.

September 2007

• The sanity of hiring the mentally ill
  (San Francisco Chronicle)
  
  "Employers will say, 'I'm not sure about hiring employees with mental health disabilities,'" he says. "What I try to tell them is that they have hired people with mental health disabilities. If you put out a Craigslist ad, you don't know anything about the person you're hiring. If you work with us, we know pretty much everything about the people we refer."
  Read article here.

August 2007

• Young people help their peers fight the stigma
  of mental illness
  (Ottawa Citizen)
  
  "The stigma associated with mental illness can be difficult for anyone to bear. For youth, it can be crippling."
  Read article here.

July 2007

• Specifics key to tackling mental health stigma: study
  
  A forum on mental illness in Sydney has heard that tackling the stigma starts with talking about specific mental conditions.
  Read article here.

Feb. 2007

• Should You Tell? (Washington Post)

December 2006

• SAMHSA & Ad Council Unveil New PSAs. PA is a partner in this new campaign. For more information click here.
• Off to College Alone, Shadowed by Mental Illness(NY Times)
• Parenthood Ups Mental Illness Risk (ABC News)

November 2006

• Speak Up, and Sign On, for Parity   Mental Health America, formerly the National Mental Health Association, is asking people to sign on to its Vision for Change. That vision includes elimination discrimination in accessing mental health care. Click here to view and sign.

October 2006

• Country Music Star Visits Erie to Discuss Mental Illness (Channel 35)
• Vigil in Monroe Cty. Discusses Impact of Mental Illness (Pocono Record)

December 2005

• Their Mental Illness is a Plus (Phila. Inquirer)

August 2005

• People with Mental Illness often Victims of Crime (Reuters)
• Mental Health: What's Normal, What's Not (MSN)

March 2005

• Advocates Rally Legislators to Close State Hospital

January 2005

• Mental Health Advocates Applaud State Hospital Closing

October 2004

• Eight Things Everyone Can Do to Break Down Barriers for People with Mental Illnesses

Septemebr 2004

• Mental Health Public Service Announcements Being Distributed Through PA

December 2004

• New Legislation Allows People with Mental Illnesses to Direct Treatment

May 2004

• Rendell Administration Calls on Pennsylvanians to Help End Discrimination

February 2003

• PA Chosen as Pilot State for Federal Initiative

October 2002

• Addressing Discrimination in the Workplace