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“War Cry For Change”: Veterans Launch Campaign for Informed Consent and Safe Deprescribing at the VA

Mad in America

Derek Blumke At the 2023 Military Influencer conference in Las Vegas, whenever he spoke about his work, everyone kept saying “You have to talk to Will Wisner,” executive director of the Grunt Style Foundation , a nonprofit veteran organization dedicated to ensuring the mental health and wellness of military veterans. military veterans.

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The State of Mental Health in U.S. Communities: Insights from NACCHO Behavioral Health 360

Credible Mind

Outstanding Leadership Award in 2022. He is also a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches Health Informatics with a focus on clinical, personal, and community health information systems. His expertise has earned him several awards, including the Health 2.0

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2025 Election Begins March 1

The Maryland Psychiatric Society

Secretary-Treasurer 2018 2019, President-Elect 2019 -2020, President 2020 2021, Council Chair 2021 2022, Nominations and Elections Committee 2022 – present. I’ve been very active in the UMMC community at both campuses and hope to expand my experience into the MPS realm with this initial bid.

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MindFreedom’s Shield Program: Working to Free People from Psychiatric Incarceration and Forced Treatment

Mad in America

His most recent troubles began back in 2022, when he was funneled from the criminal system to the civil system, and ordered to take neuroleptic drugs on an outpatient basis, which the court notes he refused to do because of their adverse effects. Every time I was in the hospital, they always had a little flier that said, ‘Know your Rights.’

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“Confidential” 988 Conversation Records Shared with Corporations

Mad in America

Sharing conversation data—the scandal that’s worsening In 2022, Politico exposed that the nonprofit Crisis Text Line (CTL) had created Loris , a for-profit arm developing commercial customer-service software, and had shared with Loris millions of transcripts of conversations with people in crises.

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Maryland Enacts a “Draconian” Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program

Mad in America

In December 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled his controversial “ involuntary removals ” policy, allowing for the involuntary psychiatric detention of largely unhoused people who “ appear mentally ill ” in public. The answer lies largely in changing political winds, on both the state and national levels.

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Grant, Interrupted: An Introduction and Report Back from Oregon

Mad in America

In late 2022, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) issued a public request for grant proposals, and our organization was chosen to create and operate a peer respite in Southern Oregon. We believe in the power of community, and so much of community occurs at the grassroots outside of nonprofits or even state funded services.