Healing Minds NOLA

Author name: Janet Hays

“Living with Voices”: Auditory Hallucination Simulation Challenge

Saturday, October 10, 2020 saw our first “Living with Voices Challenge” co-hosted by New Orleans City Councilmember Jason Williams and facilitated by iDecisiongames. We were joined by a diverse group of participants including family members, service providers, attorneys and policy makers. While we expected that the exercise would touch people and grant them empathy by

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Making Sense of HIPAA Recap: Recording & Materials Available

On Friday August 28, 2020 we were honored to be joined by special guests U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. (Louisiana) and Mr. Timothy Noonan, Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy at Office for Civil Rights (OCR), under Health and Human Services (HHS) for our Zoom Cast on “Making Sense of HIPAA”. Some viewers experienced technical difficulties

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Zoom Cast Coming Up Aug. 7! Focus on SMI – Alternatives to Incarceration: 1pm CT

Thank you for your interest in participating in our Zoom Cast Series 2020: Focus on Serious Mental Illness. The next broadcast is scheduled to air on August 7th, 2020 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm CST. The topic is “Alternatives to Incarceration”.  Join us for an interactive discussion with our guests Judge Steven Leifman, Miami-Dade County

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Don’t Miss! Seminar – August 28th:  “Making Sense of HIPAA”!

Healing Minds NOLA is thrilled to co-host this important event with U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy. If you register, please help us customize the presentation by completing our survey.  TAKE THE SURVEY The presenters will be announced soon. Your responses will guide the conversation and there will be plenty of time for Q&A. We hope to

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Prioritizing Mental Illness Policy: Two Resolutions Introduced During Louisiana’s Special Legislative Session.

It’s official! Yesterday two resolutions were introduced at the Louisiana State Legislature. Greg Miller: Louisiana State Representative, District 56 introduced HR 42 – a resolution to urge the Governor to apply for Federal Medicaid waiver funds to cover people receiving treatment in psychiatric facilities that includes those with more than 16 beds. Representative Stephanie Hilferty,

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Orleans and Terrebonne Parishes Take Steps to Advance Sensible Mental Illness Policy

Dear readers, Due to your steadfast support and advocacy, we are thrilled to report that on June 4th, the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously in favor of the resolution to urge the Governor to increase psychiatric capacity for serious mental illnesses. Read Resolution R-20-153 here. The resolution calls for adding Serious Mental Illness (SMI) & Serious

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