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December 11, 2024 About 60% of people experience adverse mental health impacts of the holidays and 64% of individuals who have mental illnesses reported more severe symptoms during the holiday season, according to a 2021 survey conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness. ...

December 10, 2024 NJAMHAA Calls for Significantly Increased Funding as a Top Priority in the FY2026 State Budget While waiting several months for an outpatient mental healthcare appointment to begin treatment for depression and anxiety, Juanita lost friendships and her job. She was ...

December 9, 2024 The FY2026 State Budget Needs to Include Significantly Greater Investment in the Behavioral Healthcare System For many months, Juanita's anxiety and depression made it difficult for her to go to her job and to socialize with her friends. When Juanita finally built t...

December 4, 2024 The FY2026 State Budget Needs to Include Significantly Greater Investment in the Behavioral Healthcare System "Since January 2024, I estimate that at least 20 partial care case managers have left their positions. Numerous employees have accepted this job, but quickl...

December 3, 2024 NJAMHAA is now accepting proposals to present at the Spring Conference, Looking Beyond the Horizon in Behavioral Health, which will be held on April 8-9, 2025 at the APA Hotel Woodbridge in Iselin, NJ. If you have expertise in any area related to mental health and add...

November 27, 2024 Whether it is apprehension about political divisions, the continually increasing cost of living, natural disasters or another type of difficult situation that is encountered on any given day, many, if not all, individuals are experiencing heightened levels of stress,...

November 25, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday his picks for the agency that oversees health insurance for millions of Americans and his pick for the Secretary of Education. Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is a former television talk show host and a heart surgeon. will be th...

November 19, 2024 NJAMHAA Launches Campaign for the FY2026 State Budget "Despite an anticipated budget tightening year ahead, it is imperative that the New Jersey Administration make significant increases in behavioral healthcare funding a top priority for the FY2026 State Budget,...

November 14, 2024 An article published in Kiplinger's on Nov. 10th reports that several Medicare premiums have gone up, specifically "Medicare premiums for 2025, and the cost of Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B and Part D premiums and deductibles." To determine whether or not next yea...

The New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) will hold a virtual budget listening session on November 19, 2024 beginning at noon. NJAMHAA urges everyone to deliver verbal testimony to inform the DHS budget for 2025-26. To accommodate as many speakers as possible, testimony is lim...

October 15, 2024 U.S. Senator George Helmy (D-NJ) is co-sponsoring the Health Equity Innovation Act of 2024, "a bill that would establish a grant program that would provide federal funding to faith- and community-based organization...

October 4, 2024 October 6 to 12, 2024 Is Mental Illness Awareness WeekOctober 10th Is World Mental Health Day October 6th through October 12th marks the national recognition of Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW). The New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies...

September 9, 2024 NJAMHAA Honors Individuals in Recovery and those Working to Eliminate Stigma and Save Lives September is National Recovery Month and National Suicide Prevention Month ...

August 29, 2024 NJAMHAA Urges Collective Action to Support Recovery from Substance Use and Save Lives Aug. 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day MERCERVILLE: Ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31st, the New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addict...

August 29, 2024 On Monday, August 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), announced more than $65 million in grant awards and...