Advocacy
Suicide Prevention Awareness Funded by Out of the Darkness Walks
In honor of National Suicide Prevention Week, the Nebraska chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention holds its annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk [link] in Omaha on September 12 and in two other locations in Nebraska later in the month. In its sixth year, the Omaha walk is the second largest Out of the Darkness Walk in the country with more than 1400 participants last year.
Dr. William Marcil: Hero in the Heartland
It was our privilege to attend the March 03, 2010 Heroes in the Heartland awards luncheon sponsored by the American Red Cross Heartland Chapter.
Our friend, Dr. William Marcil, of Creighton University School of Medicine, received the Good Samaritan Award at the luncheon for his role in developing the Magis Psychiatric Clinic located at the Siena/Francis [...]
Stigma and Mental Illness
In all the years we’ve worked in the mental health arena, perhaps the most hurtful of all experiences is to witness the stigma and prejudice against those with genetic or neurobiological disorders of the brain. Mood disorders resulting from chemical imbalances in the brain are not something a person would choose; they are most often [...]
Nebraska Medicaid Consumer Complaint Process
Magellan Behavioral Health of Nebraska, LLC is currently the administrative services organization for Nebraska Medicaid. Magellan wants to make sure you receive quality mental health care through Nebraska Medicaid. Each year a survey is sent out asking for participant’s opinion. The 2009 survey indicated that some individuals are not aware of how to express complaints they may have. Your opinion matters. And we want to make sure you know how to do this.
Family Advocacy Movement Conference
On October 3rd I attended a Family Advocacy Movement Conference at UNO sponsored by parents of children with mental illness.
One of the challenges discussed was that Nebraska spends dollars on foster care at a rate of more than 60% above the national average. Instead of taking a child with mental illness away from the family [...]
Suicide Prevention
September was Suicide Prevention Month. On Sunday, September 12th, The Kim Foundation joined over 1200 friends in the Out of the Darkness Walk to raise awareness about the warning signs of depression and suicide.
As the walk began participants released balloons on which messages had been written to loved ones lost by suicide. The balloons were [...]
Region 3 Leadership Training a Success
Region 3 Behavioral Health recently hosted Larry Fricks, a nationally renowned speaker on mental health recovery, for a two-day peer leadership conference. The training was held at Goodwill Industries in Grand Island, Nebraska and focused on developing leadership skills among consumers and peer specialists. Over 50 consumers, peer specialist employees, and mental health service providers [...]
2009 Nami Walk
The second annual NAMIWALKS for the Mind of America will be held Saturday, June 6, 2009 at Elmwood Park in Omaha. Registration will open at 8:30 a.m. with the walk kick off at 9:00 a.m.
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, sponsors NAMIWALKS for the Mind of America throughout the nation in an effort to [...]
Introducing Lisa
Lisa Rehwaldt-Alexander has joined Region V Systems as the Consumer Affairs Coordinator for the Region V area. Charged with various responsibilities Lisa shares that she is most excited about the focus her new role places on empowerment. Lisa’s background includes having received her master’s in Intercultural Relations and work with various nonprofit organizations serving both [...]
Consumer Empowerment Initiative
In 2008 Magellan Behavioral Health Services of Nebraska, the administrative service organization (ASO) for Medicaid and long-term care, sent a survey to consumers who have utilized behavioral health services under Nebraska Medicaid. Survey comments indicated that consumers were not fully aware of Magellan or the organization’s role with Nebraska Medicaid. Other areas of concern to [...]
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