Minds on the Edge

Participating Organizations
1. Active Minds
2. American Psychiatric
  Association
3. Campaign for Mental Health Reform
4. CMHS National Gains Center Conference
5. Corporation For Supportive Housing
6. NAMI
7. NARSAD
8. NASMHPD
9. National Council for Community
  Behavioral Healthcare
10. National Resource Center for
  Hispanic Mental Health
11. SAMHSA Transformation State
  Grantees Annual Meeting
12. U.S. Psychiatric & Mental
  Health Congress
13. (more to come)
State-by-State
1. Alabama
2. Alaska
3. Arizona
4. Arkansas
5. California
6. Colorado
7. Connecticut
8. Florida
9. Illinois
10. Indiana
11. Iowa
12. Kansas
13. Maryland
14. Massachusetts
15. Minnesota
16. Mississippi
17. Missouri
18. New Hampshire
19. New Jersey
20. New Mexico
21. New York
22. Nevada
23. North Carolina
24. Ohio
25. Oklahoma
26. Oregon
27. Pennsylvania
28. South Carolina
29. South Dakota
30. Tennessee
31. Texas
32. Utah
33. Vermont
34. Virginia
35. Washington
36. Wisconsin
37. British Columbia
38. (more to come)

State By State

Alaska

In Anchorage, the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority hosted a Brown Bag Lunch screening of MINDS ON THE EDGE at the Nesbett Courthouse in conjunction with the Anchorage Mental Health Court. The Alaska Bar Association approved 1.5 Continuing Legal Education credits for attending the event. About 25 people from the criminal justice and behavioral health community participated. They watched the video and took time between segments for audience discussion of similar experiences in the Anchorage community. Judge Stephanie Rhoades, founder of the Mental Health Court in Anchorage, and Kate Sumey, project coordinator, facilitated the discussion.

The feedback was good with overwhelming response that this format should be used at a daylong training session. They plan to view MINDS ON THE EDGE again at the mental health stakeholder meeting in the coming month and introduce it to other Anchorage therapeutic court partners (Addictions Court and Family Preservation Court).

Brown Bag Lunch: "Criminalization of the Mentally Ill: Minds on the Edge"
Date: Jan. 22, 2010
Time: 11:30 am - 1pm
Location: Alaska Court System, Nesbit Courthouse, Therapeutic Courts office in the basement, 825 West 4th Ave., Anchorage
Contact: RSVP to Kate Sumey, MA Project Coordinator
Description: Please join the Anchorage Coordinated Resources Project (mental health court) for a viewing of a DVD and discussion on challenging ethical and legal issues involving mental health and the impact on the criminal justice system. MINDS ON THE EDGE: Facing Mental Illness connects the dots between agonizing dilemmas facing individuals and families who are living with mental illness, medical practices that can be obstacles to treatment, and public policies that all too often lead to prison rather than providing support for recovery.
NAMI-JUNEAU's board of directors screened MINDS ON THE EDGE and made plans to tie MINDS viewing and activities in with Mental Illness Awareness Week.
NAMI-ANCHORAGE's president and peer advocate Francine Harbour is using the DVD she got at the NAMI Conference with local grassroots efforts.