Pressroom

Welcome to the Mental Health America of Franklin County Pressroom.

For more information, please contact Laura Moskow Sigal, Executive Director, or call us at 614-221-1441.

News Releases

1/17/2013 - MHAFC Joins Coalition for Healthy Communities for Open Letter to Governor
1/8/2013 - MHAFC, POEM Increase Efforts to Support Maternal Mental Health
12/17/2012 - MHAFC Offers Support, Tips for Parents, in Response to Shootings at Sandy Hook
10/5/2012 - Helping Children Cope with Anxiety Disorder, Mental Illness Awareness Week
6/28/2012 - Affordable Care Act Upheld, Features Increased Support for Mental Health
9/23/2011 - Bi-Polar Disorder in Children, 2011 Children's Mental Health Conference
2/22/2011 - All Sides With Ann Fisher Talks about the Pro Bono Counseling Program
1/26/2011 - Tragedies Highlight Need for Better Care of the Mentally Ill
2/04/2010 - MHAFC Welcomes Increases for Mental Health Programs in President’s Budget
2/01/2010 - Rules Issued Requiring Parity in Treatment of Mental, Substance Use Disorders
1/11/2010 - Mental Health in the Headlines
12/14/2009 - Holiday Blues
10/07/2009 - Economic Downturn Taking Toll on Americans' Mental Health
10/01/2009 - National Depression Screening Day
9/25/2009 - National Depression Screening Day
8/28/2009 - Students Need to Mind Their Health
08/07/2009 - Summer Depression
08/03/2009 - No More Fairy Tales - Trauma in Children & Adolescents
06/25/2009 - MHAFC Ombudsman Receives High Honors
06/09/2009 - Antipsychotic Drugs and Children
03/26/2009 - Mental Health Month
01/26/2009 - Season Affective Disorder
01/26/2009 - Laughing Away the Blues
01/14/2009 - Help for People Who Have an Adult Relative With a Mental Illness
10/03/2008 - Federal Parity Bill Passes Congress
06/10/2008 - Lesbians Who Are “Out” Have Higher Self Esteem
05/28/2008 - Cancer Patients At Risk For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
05/28/2008 - Those With Anxiety Disorders at Greater Risk for Heart Attacks
03/26/2008 - 5th Annual Online Auction Planned for May 5-19
02/06/2008 - New National Schizophrenia Survey Results
12/11/2007 - Open Letter to Gov. Strickland (Columbus Dispatch)
11/29/2007 - New Ranking of States for Depression
11/28/2007 - Update on Federal Mental Health Parity Legislation
11/12/2007 - MHAFC Releases New Annual Report
10/19/2007 - Ohio Mental Health Parity Law Enacted
10/04/2007 - Depression Outreach in Workplace is Successful
09/07/2007 - Suicide Rate Increases for Pre-Teen Girls

Legislative/Policy Alerts
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Get Background
- Mental Health Info, Tips and Fact Sheets
- Mental Health America Policy Positions
- Surveys
- Resources
  - Mental Health, United States, 2004 (SAMHSA, 2007) - a compendium of the latest information available on mental health services. View the press release here.
  - Morbidity and Mortality in People With Serious Mental Illness (NASMHPD, 2006) - a review of the causes of morbidity and mortality in individuals with serious mental illness, along with recommendations to improve their care.
- Policy and research information and briefs: NIMH Releases STEP-BD, STAR*D and CATIE Treatment Studies

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