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2008

The Bazelon Center has prepared a series of issue briefs on critical areas affecting the integration of mental health services in healthcare reform. (11/08)

2006

• New Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives (7-17-06)

2005

• Campaign for Mental Health Reform: Budget Brings More Broken Promises (2/8/05)
• Campaign for Mental Health Reform: President's FY 2006 Budget at a Glance
• Bazelon Mental Health Policy Reporter: A Chilly Reception (2/4/05)

2004

• Healthcare Advocates Criticize DC Medicaid Proposal (10/13/04)
• Proposed Rule Threatens Services in DC (10/7/04)
• The Bazelon Center on Acute Care and Transforming Mental Health (10/5/04)
• New Report Promotes Integrated Care for People with Serious Mental Illnesses (8/3/04)
• Campaign for Mental Health Reform Calls for Improved Performance and Outcome Measurements in Mental Health (7/20/04)
• Campaign for Mental Health Reform: Advocates Praise Senate Passage of Suicide Prevention Bill (7/9/04)
• The Bazelon Mental Health Policy Reporter: House Subcommittee Supports Mental Health Transformation (7/9/04)
• Bazelon Mental Health Policy Reporter: Appropriations Are Key to Transforming Mental Health (5/6/04)

2003

• Landmark Mental Disability Lawsuit Ends After 33 Years (12/15/03)
• Campaign for Mental Health Reform Testifies Before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Subcommittee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (11/4/03)
• Kerry Releases Mental Health Policy Statement; Campaign for Mental Health Reform Statement to the Media (9/12/03)
• Mental Health Advocates’ Statement on Dean Mental Health Agenda (9/12/03)
• President’s Commission Offers Prescription for Broken Mental Health System (7/22/03)
• Mental Health Leaders Available for Interviews on President’s Commission Report (7/14/03)
• Report: Medicaid Proposals Pose Threat to Mental Health Safety Net (6/6/03)
• Partnership of America's Leading Health Organizations Issues "Blueprint Report" on Health Impacts of Terrorism (4/18/03)
• Mental Health Advocates Call for End to Insurance Discrimination; Bazelon Center Applauds Introduction of Parity Legislation (2/27/03)
• Bazelon Center Statement on President Bush's Medicaid Reform Proposal (2/24/03)
• Rights, Recovery Stressed at Mental Health Commission Meeting (2/10/03)
• Public Sector Recommendations Presented
  (Jan. 15, 2003) -- Bazelon Center Policy Director Chris Koyanagi last week presented policy recommendations to the President's Commission on Mental Health on behalf of several of the nation's leading advocates for people with mental illnesses.
  • Read Chris Koyanagi's statement to the President's Commission on Mental Health
  • View the recommendations to the President's Commission on Mental Health
    

2002

• Bazelon Center Presents Lost in the System: Community Integration on Trial : America’s treatment of people with mental illnesses came before a mock “grand jury” hearing held today in Washington, DC. (11/15/02)
• On 30th Anniversary, Bazelon Center Lauds MacArthur Support : The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, the nation’s leading legal advocacy group for the rights of people with mental disabilities, today announced a $4 million gift from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to the Bazelon Center’s endowment fund and expressed gratitude for the foundation's ongoing support. (11/14/02)
• President's Commission on Mental Health Releases Releases Interim Report: Executive Director Robert Bernstein, Ph.D., comments on the interim report by President Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. (11/08/02)
• Bazelon Center Presents Lost in the System: Community Integration on Trial: The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law and the former law clerks of the late Chief Judge David L. Bazelon (D.C. Circuit) present Lost in the System: Community Integration on Trial, a unique and compelling look at America’s treatment of people with mental illnesses. Using a fictionalized case in a mock grand jury hearing, experts will discuss from their varying perspectives the barriers facing people with mental illnesses when they seek participation in America’s communities.(11/07/02)
• Bazelon Center Mourns the Loss of Senator Paul Wellstone: Senator Paul Wellstone was a tireless champion of the rights of people with mental disabilities. Bazelon Center Executive Director Robert Bernstein reflects on his loss. (10/25/02)
• National Council on Disability Says Mental Health Systems in Crisis; Calls for Fundamental Reform (9/17/02)
• The Bazelon Center's Mental Health Policy Reporter: The debate over mental health parity heats up and other news (9/12/02)
• Bazelon Center Executive Director Testifies Before Presidential Commision on Mental Health (7/18/2002)
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Calls on States to Protect Consumer Rights (7/01/02)
• Bazelon Center Statement on Mental Health Parity Rally (6/6/02)
• More Than 2,000 Rally in Support of Mental health Parity (6/6/02)
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• Media Advisory: Parity Now! Rally on the U.S. Capitol June 6th (5/30/02)
• Bazelon Center Applauds President's Focus on Mental Health (4/29/02)

2001

• Report Illustrates Disintegration Of States' Mental Health Systems (12/21/01)
• Virginia Agrees To Issue Rules Ensuring Access To Community Services For People With Mental Retardation (9/4/01)

2000

• A Preview of Mental Health Law and Policy After the 2000 Elections (12/1/01)
• Progress with mental health care in the District of Columbia (3/1/00)
• Settlement of the original right-to-treatment case in Alabama (1/21/2000)
  

1999

• Supreme Court: Unnecessary Segregation of Individuals with Disabilities in Institutions May Constitute Discrimination (6/22/99)
• U.S. Supreme Court To Review Crucial Decision For Inclusion Of People With Disabilities (3/18/99)