Note: This blog is adapted from Sera Davidow’s post by the same name on the ‘Campaign for Real Change in Mental Health Policy’ website. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut (and his legislative co-pilot, Senator […]
Advocacy
Senate Bill 1945: The New Fraud – Getting into the “Mental Health Reform Act of 2015”
By Lauren Tenney (Originally posted here) Today, Tuesday August 11, 2015 at 4 PM Eastern, Yvonne Smith and I are co-hosting a Special Call-in Radio Show about the Murphy Bills in 2015; a webinar hosted […]
Senate Releases It’s Own Murphy Bill
Representative Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania has been promoting some version of the ‘Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis’ Act (HR 2646) for some years. His most recent version was released […]
NEW WEBSITE: Campaign for Real Change in Mental Health Policy
A new and comprehensive website has surfaced offering information and ideas on taking action against the Murphy Bill (HR 2646). The site includes: A petition that you can sign as […]
The Murphy Bill: Old Wine in New Bottles
By Andrea Blanch and David Shern (Originally published here) In June, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 (H.R. 2646) was introduced by Reps. Tim Murphy (R-PA) […]
The Murphy Bill: Old Wine in New Bottles
By Andrea Blanch and David Shern (Originally published here) In June, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 (H.R. 2646) was introduced by Reps. Tim Murphy […]
The ‘Murphy Bill’ (HR 2646) fails its own home inspection
By Scott Bryant-Comstock (Originally posted here) When I printed out the text of the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015, H.R. 2646 (all 173 pages of it) […]
The ‘Murphy bill’ (H.R. 2646) fails its own home inspection
By Scott Bryant-Comstock (Originally posted here) When I printed out the text of the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015, H.R. 2646 (all 173 pages of it) I had to […]
H.R. 2646 (Murphy Bill) What does it mean? A survivor’s perspective
By Sharon Cretsinger (Originally posted here) In this document, I have attempted to summarize all of the sections of this bill by their most important points so that they can […]
The Murphy Bill: People are Afraid
By Noel Hunter (Originally posted here) Recently, the Murphy Bill in the United States Congress has resurfaced as a tangible threat to the civil liberties of individuals labelled “seriously mentally […]
A Declaration of Interdependence for the Era of the Murphy Bill
By Ron Bassman (Originally published here) How we think about health, happiness, and self-fulfillment, and a myriad of issues including suicide, inexplicable violent acts, and the influence of technology/information glut, […]
Eugenics & the 2014 Murphy Bill
By Bonnie Schell (Originally posted here) Sterilization of the “unfit” and proposals to help families with a mental health crisis may seem to be disparate topics, certainly one historically more […]