Mental Health Now
Television
Mental Health Now
Episode 1: Pilot-Intro to Mental Health
Guest: Bill Dickson, Director Capital District Psychiatric Center
Episode 2: The Current State of Mental Health
Guest: Ann Marie Sullivan, Commissioner New York State Office of Mental Health
Episode 3: Mental Health in Schools
Guests: Dr. Rita LeVay, Interim Director of Pupil Personnel Services, Schenectady School District and John Richter, Director of Public Policy, Mental Health Association of New York State
Episode 4: Find Help, Find Hope
Guest: Tina Lee, NAMI Mid-Hudson
Episode 5: Understanding the Benefits of AOT
Guests: Ramona Bartholomew, MS, Community Mental Health and Criminal Justice Unit Coordinator and Albany County Assisted Outpatient Treatment Coordinator, Albany County Department of Mental Health and Christine Dwyer, Recipient of AOT Services
Episode 6: NAMI Walks
Guests: Wendy Burch, Executive Director, NAMI-NYS and Heide Garner, Walks Manager, NAMI-NYS
Episode 7: Mental Health in Young Adults
Guests: Hakeem Rahim, NAMI NYS Member and Torie Keeton, NAMI-NYS Intern
Episode 8: Federal Mental Heath Reform
Guest: United States Representive Paul Tonko (NY-20)
Episode 9: Tackling Mental Illness
Guest: Keith O'Neil, 2007 Super Bowl Champion
Episode 10: Four Secrets in Plain Sight
Guest: Dr.Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D.
Episode 11: Dealing with the Hoildays
Guest:Heather Lewis, Jewish Family Services
Episode 12: Never Leave Your Dead
Guest: Diane Cameron
Episode 13: Children's Mental Health
Guests:Susan E. Perkins, Senior Associate for Early Childhood Initiatives, The NYS Council on Children and Families; Katherine Wallace, President, NAMI at Emma Willard; Brad Hansen, Public Policy Coordinator, Families Together in New York State; and Jessica Klos, Director of Policy & Community Education, Early Care and Learning Council, to discuss children's mental health.
Episode 14: NAMIWalks and More
Guests: Wendy Burch and Nicole Bulanchuk from NAMI-NYS.
Episode 15:Suicide Prevention
Guest: Perry Hoffman from the National Education Alliance on Borderline Personality Disorder to discuss suicide prevention.
Episode 16-Housing Issues
Guests, Tiffany Monti and Toni Lasicki
Episode 17-Crisis Intervention Teams
Guests, Lt. Willie Flack and Don Kamin, PhD
Capital Tonight
Capital Tonight 12/10/15-NAMI Legislative Report/NAMI-NYS’s Advocacy Agenda
Capital Tonight 2/16/16-Fail First Policy
Radio
WAMC: Mental Health Groups Want More From State Budget-NAMI-NYS President Denise Duncan is quoted.
http://wamc.org/post/mental-health-groups-want-more-state-budget#stream/0
NPR: Mental Health Care in Upstate New York 5/4/2014-Matthew Shapiro participates in panel.
http://wrvo.org/post/air-mental-health-care-upstate-new-york#stream/0
Taboo Talk 10/14/15-Featuring Matthew Shapiro
Taboo Talk 1/13/16-Featuring Matthew Shapiro
Letter to the Editor Times Union on Paid Family Leave
http://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/paid-leave-is-crucial-for-families-in-new-york/34568/
Advocates seek $92 million one-shot for mental health services-Legislative Gazette-Wendy quoted.
