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3/2/2020 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update

Tags: Advocacy, Advocacy, Advocacy & Public Policy, Behavioral Health, grassroots organizing, help, hope, Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition, Maryland Insurance Administration, Maryland Parity, Mental Health, MHAMD, parity, Parity laws

What a week! Thank you to everyone who came out for the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition’s 2020 Keep the Door Open Rally. Hundreds of you flooded Annapolis to demand a restoration of nearly $25 million in budget cuts to community mental health and substance use treatment, the appropriate enforcement of federal and state parity laws, and the rest of the Coalition’s 2020 Legislative Agenda. Thank …

Some Thoughts on Suicide and Ways You Can Help Those You Love

Tags: All Categories, help, Mental Health, Suicide

Inspiration. Trailblazer. These were words used to describe Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain after their tragic deaths by suicide last week. But there were other words, too. Troubled. Selfish. As a mental health advocates, we know that “selfish” is not an uncommon accusation after someone has completed suicide. But as a parent, as a human, …