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Least surprising headline of the morning: Mental health funding helps many gain stability
Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.
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Too bad suicide reduction or any other laudable mental health goal is not a function of the number of conferences, commissions, task forces, colloquia, presentations, seminars, meetings, forums, conclaves, retreats, conventions, sessions, caucuses, roundtables, etc. Perhaps, one day the words and the deeds will intersect.
Posted by: Joe | August 27, 2007 10:38 AM
On Florida: From the original column, Communities will suffer if cutbacks hit mental health Services, "Florida ranks 48th in the nation in per-capita mental health spending ...." If there is a cut of "4% to 10%" Florida's per capita mental health spending will likely be the lowest in the nation. Is this what Florida's DCF had in mind when it promised that, "Florida is transforming its publicly funded mental health system ...." More verbiage at DCF's website including, "Florida's transformed mental health system will: Offer meaningful services and supports to customers and their families that reflect individual choices and needs ...." http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/mentalhealth/mhtransform/
"Words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality."
Posted by: Joe | August 27, 2007 01:11 PM