• National Council Initiative Helps Agencies Improve Access to Mental Health Services
  featuring interviews with Linda Rosenberg, Noel Clark, and Faith Richie in Mental Health Weekly, October 28, 2008
  National Council and member CEOs provide insights into how they are increasing access to mental health and addictions services in tough times through the application of proven business models and process improvement techniques.
• Money Woes, Other Stresses Bring Unwanted Physical Response, featuring an interview with Linda Rosenberg in USA Today, September 17, 2008.
  National Council President and CEO provides tips on what you can you do to fight the surge of high anxiety and avoid the physical fallout of increasing stress in challenging times.
• Equal Treatment: Mental Illness is a Chronic Disease, by Linda Rosenberg, in The Washington Post, March 25, 2008.
  In a special supplement on chronic disease, National Council President and CEO emphasizes that it is only when mental illness is placed on an equal footing with other chronic diseases that millions of Americans can recover.
  
• Community Providers Take Message of Accountability to Capitol Hill, featuring interviews with Linda Rosenberg, Chuck Ingoglia, and Kenny Whitlock, in Mental Health Weekly, March 24, 2008.
  National Council executives and Executive Vice President of the Mental Health Council of Arkansas put community mental health on Congress radar screen and highlight the importance of data collection.
• Addictions, Mental Health Must Join Forces, by Linda Rosenberg and Pat Bridgman, in Addiction Professional, March-April 2008.
  National Council President and CEO and Associate Director of the Ohio Council of Behavioral Healthcare Providers describe how we can strengthen public perception that freedom from addiction and mental illness is integral to overall health and gain momentum in our advocacy for parity.
• Brain Drain, featuring an interview with Chuck Ingoglia, in Modern Healthcare, February 18, 2008.
  The National Council's Vice President, Public Policy, describes how the VA is luring away workers from community behavioral health organizations through better pay and multiyear signing bonuses.

Members in the News

• Financial Anxiety, featuring Abby Morris, on Channel 9 News in Washington, DC, September 30, 2008.
  Dr. Abby Morris, Medical Director of Threshold Services in Silver Spring, MD, speaks about how to deal with financial anxiety during the current economic downturn.
  
• Are the Mentally Ill Falling Through the Cracks, featuring interviews with Dr. Brenda Woodward and Stephen Christian-Michaels, in Pittsburgh Post Gazette, September 7, 2008.
  Brenda Woodward, psychiatrist at Mercy Behavioral Health and Stephen Christian-Michaels, chief operating officer at Family Services of Western Pennsylvania speak about the importance of community treatment teams and engaging patients to prevent violent crimes.
• Members of Congress: Many Veterans Issues Need to be Addressed, featuring an interview with Neal Cash, in Sierra Vista Herald, September 7, 2008.
  CEO and President of Community Partnership of Southern Arizona, emphasizes the importance of post-deployment mental health care for veterans,  and points out that much more needs to be done to meet the need.
• The New Face of Behavioral Health Care, by Topher Hansen, JD, in Prairie Fire, August 2008.
  President of the Nebraska Association of Behavioral Health Organizations and Executive Director of CenterPointe describes the need for integrated, consumer-centered health services in our communities.
• Community-grown Health IT, featuring interviews with Jeremy Nelson and Jim Riley, in Government Health IT, July 2008.
  Chief Information Architect of Washtenaw Community Health Organization and the Chief Information Officer at the Oakland Community Mental Health Authority describe how Michigan's mental health agencies are developing EHRs through a collaborative approach.