Lived Experience as a Professional Pathway

• By: Ruthanne Becker, MA AnnMarie Wilhelm, NYCPS, CRPA Marion Laby The Mental Health Association of Westchester
• January 22nd, 2024
• employment, hope, human rights, lived experience, peer specialist training, peer support, person-centered practice, recovery, resilience, trauma-informed, Winter 2024 Issue
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The philosophy of The Mental Health Association of Westchester’s (MHA) housing and employment services and peer support is rooted in the principles of person-centered practice and the belief that individuals with behavioral health conditions – even those with histories of instability or little...

A Human Right Still Unmet: Medical Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners

• By: Erin Falconer, PhD Amy Joscelyne, PhD ODH, Inc.
• January 1st, 2018
• access to care, criminal justice system, dual loyalty, human rights, incarceration, mental health rights, recidivism, serious mental illness
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Individuals with mental illness have the right to receive appropriate medical treatment in correctional settings and upon release. It sounds perfectly reasonable, but unfortunately, is far from reality. That was the consensus of a distinguished panel of mental health and legal experts who recently...