Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
April 12, 2004, Vol. 04-43

The most recent memorandum from the Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma Associated with Mental Illness (ADS Center) is now available online at: http://www.adscenter.org/memoranda/index.shtml.

This is the third in a series of informational updates that you will be receiving periodically from the Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma (ADS Center), a program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, and operated by a contract with The Gallup Organization and the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania. The ADS Center helps people design, implement and operate programs that reduce discrimination and stigma associated with mental illnesses. The ADS Center produces a semi-annual memorandum which spotlights campaigns and includes articles from those fighting discrimination and stigma, and those experiencing it.

In this issue are: Spotlight on... Read the Signs (England) Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (U.S.: National) Wisconsin United for Mental Health (Statewide) Research: Police, Criminal Justice Systems, and the Stigmatization of Mental Illness In my opinion: "Fighting Stigma in Law Enforcement: The Message Has to Come from the Heart," by Major Sam Cochran, Coordinator, Memphis, Tenn., Police Department Crisis Intervention Team In my experience: "Cops, Crisis, and Changing Culture," by Tom Lane, Director, Office of Consumer Affairs, NAMI If you wish to comment on anything in this memorandum or tell us about your anti-discrimination/anti-stigma work, please e-mail us at info@adscenter.org.

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The Center for Mental Health Services is a component of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services.