phyncke: (Fae Moon by fairewench)
Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the Mental Health Parity legislation that was approved by the House and signed into law today: "Today, the House acted in a bipartisan way to pass the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act with the aim of addressing the challenges felt by Americans on Main Street. "Among those many challenges is the fact that almost every American family has to grapple with mental illness at some point. "By including the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act in this essential legislation, we are requiring that illness in the brain be treated just like illness anywhere else in the body for insurance purposes. This is helping to end discrimination against those who seek treatment for mental illness. Simply put, it will save lives. "We owe a great deal of thanks to the champions of this bipartisan legislation, Congressman Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island and Congressman Jim Ramstad of Minnesota. Through their outstanding work, the Congress has given hope and help to the millions of American families dealing with mental illness and addiction."

SOURCE Office of the Speaker of the House

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phyncke: (Sparkle)
Here is the article that hit the web this morning...on the Uni web site. I got a quote right up front there...not [livejournal.com profile] phyncke but see if you can figure out who I am ... *wink*

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/04/30_health.shtml

*woot*
phyncke: (Oldman with Attitude)
It is over, it is done. I am home. What a blessed relief.

But something mildly interesting happened today at work. Blog-worthy. I got a call from a media person who had heard about something relative to our department. They were actually calling to interview our Dean who is "big woman on campus" and on committees to do with mental health and all that.

The thing you need to know is that the day after the Virginia Tech thing happened, our department conducted a training on mental health intervention and students. What to do if you spot a student in trouble. The aim of it was really suicide prevention and depression screening. We are to aid and refer students to our mental health center if we see a student that we think is in "trouble". This had been planned months prior and was not a response to the shootings.

They taught us what to look for and how to be sensitive without going over the top with it. Let the student know that you are there to help and yada. We got some national statistics and yes discussion did revolve around the national issue that had come up. How could it not?

Well word got out on campus that we did this and it became a thing...that they want to publicize. I set up an interview for the Dean for next week but then I let the person know that 60-70 people were trained, me included. I was asked to be interviewed right there. I did find the training helpful so I was able to be very positive about it. They gave us good information and a whole bunch of resources that we did need. So I was happy to give my opin on all that.

So I am probably going to be quoted in some new article to do with this. I think it is a campus publication...

So what do you know? Little ole me!

I am debating the dinner thing right now. Do I want eggs and bacon and toast or do I want pasta again? What to do? I know that coffee is in my future.

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