Ira Minot, MHNE Founder, Bids Farewell: Looking Forward to New Challenges

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• September 29th, 2025
• behavioral health leadership, community collaboration, Fall 2025 Issue, founder’s legacy award, Ira Minot, medication-resistant depression, mental health advocacy, Mental Health News Education, retirement 2025
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Mental Health News Education (MHNE) recently held its 2025 Leadership Awards Reception, where Founder and former Executive Director Ira Minot, LMSW, was honored with the Founder’s Legacy Award for his more than 25 years of visionary leadership. Presenting the award was Ashley Brody, CEO of Search...

Behavioral Health News Spotlight on Excellence – An Interview with Steve Miccio, CEO of People USA

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• November 24th, 2021
• community collaboration, crisis, crisis respite, crisis response, crisis stabilization, mental health, peer workforce, stabilization center, trauma-informed care, wellness, Winter 2022 Issue
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Overview David Minot, Executive Director of Mental Health News Education, the non-profit organization that publishes Behavioral Health News, interviews Steve Miccio, CEO of People USA. Steve speaks about the Crisis Stabilization Center located in Dutchess County, NY and his collaboration with the...

Opioid Epidemic and Partnerships: Working Together to Solve Problems

• By: Jason Lippman Jason Lippman Solutions, LLC
• January 1st, 2020
• community collaboration, harm reduction, medication-assisted treatment, opioid epidemic, public health policy, recovery services, social determinants of health, substance use disorder
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It feels like not a day goes by where the sheer scale of the opioid epidemic is not felt. The epidemic impacts nearly every American through our families, friends, loved ones, co-workers and classmates. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in 2017: On average, 130 Americans died...