U.S. Law Enforcement Seizures of Pills Containing Fentanyl Increased Dramatically Between 2018-2021

• By: The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• July 14th, 2022
• drug seizures, drug trafficking, fentanyl, illegal drugs, law enforcement, narcotics, opioid epidemic, overdose, Summer 2022 Issue, synthetic opioids
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Law enforcement seizures of pills containing illicit fentanyl increased dramatically between January 2018 and December 2021, according to a new study. The number of individual pills seized by law enforcement increased nearly 50-fold from the first quarter of 2018 to the last quarter of 2021 and the...

When Internalized Ableism and Stigma Intersect

• By: Amanda McDowell National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York State (NAMI-NYS)
• July 13th, 2022
• ableism, disability payments, disability rights, employment, internalized ableism, mental health stigma, PROS, stigma, Summer 2022 Issue
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In February of 2020, I received a letter from the government that I had been approved for disability payments. According to their records, I had been disabled with incapacitating, treatment-resistant depression since November of 2017. The Social Security Administration’s definition of disability...

Behavioral Health News Spotlight on Excellence – An Interview with Joseph Wilson, Peer Specialist with Services for the UnderServed

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• June 17th, 2022
• CCBHC, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, COVID-19, housing, peer support, recovery, Summer 2022 Issue, telehealth, treatment services, vocational support
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Overview David Minot, Executive Director of Mental Health News Education, the non-profit organization that publishes Behavioral Health News, interviews Joseph Wilson, a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach and Peer Specialist with Services for the UnderServed in NYC. Joseph details his work at the...