Mental Health in the news

Mental Health in the News

VOCAL on TV!

VOCAL participated in a interview with a local TV station in Harrisonburg during our recent conference at JMU. Please click on the link below to watch the video: http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/19187784.html#%20

VOCAL in the News!

VOCAL CO-OP program, On Our Own of Roanoke Valley, was recently featured in a news article, click on the link below to read the full article: http://www.roanoke.com/community/virginia/health/wb/160205%20

Compiled below are some articles of interest regarding mental health (please click on a link to read the full article):

Mending the Mind - Style Weekly, April 1, 2008.

Proposals to Force More Involuntary Treatment Stir Debate - Washington Post, February 7, 2008.

Panel OKs Mental Health Changes: A Senate Committee Approved Five Bills, Including One That Improves Monitoring Patients - Roanoke Times, February 7, 2008.

Healing a Troubled Mind Takes More Than a Pill - Washington Post, February 10, 2008.

Rethinking the Potential of the Brain in Major Psychiatric Disorders - By Steven Morgan (steven@vermontrecovery.com)

People with Severe Mental Illness More Likely To Be Victims Than Perpetrators Of Violence - Medical News Today, February 11, 2008.

VOCAL CO-OP

VOCAL CO-OP
A collective of peer-run mental health programs in Virginia, including drop in centers, employment centers, recovery groups, and more. All programs are designed and run by people in mental health recovery. Find out more at: www.vocalsupportcenter.org

VOCAL REACH

REACH (Recovery Education and Creative Healing) teaches consumers throughout Virginia how to take charge of their own recovery. The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) of Mary Ellen Copeland is used.

Contact: John Otenasek, Director P.O. Box 630, Harrisonburg 22803 Toll Free: 866-647-9500 Office: 757-618-1650 john@vocalvirginia.org