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, 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 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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