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State and Local News
MHA of
Wisconsin's President/CEO to retire.
Search for new President begins.
In July 2008, Martha Rasmus, President/CEO of Mental Health
America of Wisconsin (MHA) (formerly the Mental Health Association) will officially retire. MHA’s Board of Directors is currently engaged in a search for a new president.
Since Rasmus became President/CEO in 1997, MHA has grown to a staff of18 employees with 3 offices statewide, and operates with a budget of more than $1,400,000. MHA has come to be recognized as a statewide organization that serves the state in public policy and has carved out a niche as a leading mental health prevention/early intervention organization. Read more>>
If you or someone you know are interested in applying for the President/CEO position at MHA, please contact Mindy Lubar Price, President & CEO of Leading Transitions at 414-228-9860 or by
e-mail.
It's time for mental health parity
By Barbara Lawton
February 18, 2008
Last fall,
Wisconsin set not only a state but a national record for our participation in National Depression Screening Day. With the help of employers and organizations across the state, we were able to make available a free, private online screening for depression to at least 725,000 people in
Wisconsin.
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Program to teach kids, parents how to recognize, cope
By Scott Williams
January 29, 2008
(Delavan, WI) They live in a world of silence and sometimes isolation. It can be aggravating, maddening and even tormenting.
Courtney Gunville knows well the frustrations of being deaf.
The cheerful 19-year-old college freshman was born deaf. She has experienced the anxiety of feeling alone in a roomful of people.
In 2003, Gunville watched a deaf friend slip into such despair that the friend committed suicide.
Both were students at the
Wisconsin
School for the Deaf. So when Gunville learned that the school was launching a suicide prevention program, she was eager to help. Read More>>
Wisconsin Ranks 30th in Study on Depression Status Across the Nation
First-of-Its-Kind Analysis Links Greater Access to Mental Health Treatments and Services to Better Depression Outcomes
(Madison, WI) November 28, 2007 - According to Ranking America's Mental Health: An Analysis of Depression Across the States, Wisconsin ranked 30th in rates of depression and 26th in suicide in a first-of-its-kind report by Mental Health America. The report analyzed data from all 50 states and the
District of Columbia. The study found that 8.4% of
Wisconsin's adult population and 9.4% of Wisconsin's youth
population experienced a major depressive episode in 2004-2005. 662 Wisconsinites completed suicide in 2004. Read More>>
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