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Jul 10, 20172 min read

New Mental Health Fund Signed into Law

This past Friday, July 7, Governor Malloy signed HB 7312 into law, creating Public Act 17-147. This law includes the establishment of a...

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Jul 6, 20171 min read

Announcing leadership retreat to promote health equity

UPDATE: Up to 5 Continuing Education credits are pending for this program for social workers & counselors. No cost. Leaders of health &...

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Jul 5, 20171 min read

Become a Recovery Coach!

Recovery Coaching is a recovery support service that is non-clinical and designated to engage others beyond recovery initiation through...

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Jun 26, 20171 min read

Announcing CT's new office for protection & advocacy

Last year the state of CT decided to privatize its Protection & Advocacy office. P&A is a federally mandated function. The new...

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Jun 20, 20171 min read

Anti-discrimination bill HB7091 signed into law

Public Act 17-178 was just passed! This law fights discrimination by removing the requirement that healthcare professionals with a...

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Jun 14, 20172 min read

SWRMHB Recognizes Rep. McCarthy Vahey as Mental Health Champion

The Southwest Regional Mental Health Board will recognize State Representative Cristin McCarthy Vahey of Fairfield at its Annual Meeting...

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Jun 5, 20172 min read

Late-in-the-year legislative action

CT mental health legislation 2017

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Jun 5, 20171 min read

Billy Bromage speaks at SWRMHB Annual Meeting

We are pleased to invite interested community members to join us for our Annual Meeting on June 22, 3:30-5:30pm at Norwalk City Hall....

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May 19, 20172 min read

Hearing Voices: Mental Health Month, week 4 - events & videos

schizophrenia - new approaches - peer support - advance directives - insomnia - veterans - ethics of caregiving

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May 12, 20172 min read

Hoarding Disorders: Mental Health Month, week 3 - events & videos

mental health awareness events, hoarding

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May 10, 20171 min read

Awareness walk a success! (videos)

The first annual "Fairfield County Walks for Mental Health" was a big success! About 150 people participated, to the honks and cheers of...

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May 4, 20172 min read

Personality Disorders: Mental Health Month, week 2 - events & videos

NFL player Brandon Marshall has a personality disorder that has been called "devastating." In this video, he speaks about the stigma...

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Apr 25, 20171 min read

Coping with Anxiety: Mental Health Month, week 1 - events & videos

One in ten people deals with an anxiety disorder each year. An anxiety disorder goes beyond regular stress, affecting daily life,...

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Apr 21, 20172 min read

JOIN FAIRFIELD COUNTY WALKS FOR MENTAL HEALTH ON MAY 6TH, 2017

Join the region’s coalition of mental health advocates for the first annual Fairfield County Walks for Mental Health event on Saturday,...

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Apr 20, 20171 min read

Legislative Update

Several items of note: Our bill HB 6483 to create a task force to make recommendations around the shortages in the psychiatric workforce...

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Apr 4, 20172 min read

Fairfield County Walks for Mental Health!

Help kick off Mental Health Awareness Month in Connecticut! Join us Sat. May 6, 10am at the Norwalk Town Green for the first annual Fairfiel

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Mar 21, 20171 min read

Public hearing on legalizing marijuana

TOMORROW is the public hearing before the Judiciary Committee on the legalization of marijuana and other related bills. The Governor's...

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Mar 10, 20172 min read

Rights for people with disabilities

Two rights issues in state news & legislation: (1) CT's Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities was slated to be...

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Mar 10, 20171 min read

Thank you to our supporters!

We're so grateful to the 31 supporters who made donations to Southwest Regional Mental Health Board on Fairfield County's Giving Day...

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Mar 6, 20171 min read

Our legislation moves forward!

A quick update on the bills arising from our CAC legislative forums in December (with our thanks to Rep. McCarthy-Vahey, D-Fairfield, for...

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Mar 6, 20171 min read

This Thursday, Support the Community's Voice in Mental Health

Since our creation by the State of Connecticut in 1975, the Southwest Regional Mental Health Board has been a part of the community. Our...

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Mar 5, 20171 min read

Regional Mental Health Boards at Risk

The Governor's proposed budget would "consolidate" the 5 Regional Mental Health Boards with the 13 Regional Action Councils in order to...

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Mar 4, 20170 min read

Save the Date: Fairfield County Walks for Mental Health

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Mar 3, 20171 min read

Tuesday 3/7: public hearings on MH bills

On Tuesday, March 7th there will be a public hearing before the Public Health Committee that will include the following bills of...

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