November, 2014
Evolution to Recovery
The Mental Health Association in Pennsylvania (MHAPA) supports and promotes principles that facilitate the recovery and resiliency of individuals and their families. All too often stigma and discrimination are barriers to opportunities—employment, community engagement, housing, [...]Read more
Thanksgiving Recipe from The Lodge
For Bethlehem, PA, residents, The Lodge is friendly café that serves great food—the Cuban sandwiches are a local hit—and offers free live music. With the motto Friends Celebrate Greatness in Self and Others, The Lodge is much more to the people who work there. And to the ITE/MH [...]Read more
Brilliant Ideas
The ITE/MH Campaign appreciated the opportunity to be a part of this year’s annual Copeland Center Summit in State College, PA by exhibiting and presenting the ITE/MH Campaign workshop. It was truly inspiring to be with attendees of this conference, who are supporting individuals [...]Read more
Spotlight On: Make the Connection
Derek, a U.S. Army combat Veteran, began to notice symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and even had thoughts of harming himself after he returned home from Iraq. Yesterday, we honored the men and women who served in our armed forces. Today, we are sharing stories of [...]Read more
Recovery Story: A New Dream, by Valerie
The American Dream – that’s what I was living, or so it appeared. There was mom, dad, two kids, a dog, and a two-car garage. I never imagined this image would be shattered by mental illness. Mental illness has directly impacted my family. One grandmother and aunt suffered from [...]Read more
Spotlight On: Sharing Life
When Allentown State Hospital (ASH) closed, one of its former nurses approached St. Mark’s Lutheran Church of Allentown about offering community opportunities to people who’d been discharged. St. Mark’s agreed to help, and in 2011 Sharing Life was born. Each month, Sharing Life [...]Read more
Q&A: Carl Mosier, ITE/MH Ambassador
Carl Mosier joined the ITE/MH Campaign as an Ambassador in February 2012. A Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) for the Advocacy Alliance, advocate at Clarks Summit State Hospital, and co-chair of the Northeast Regional Community Support Program (CSP), Carl has made the Campaign a [...]Read more
Faces of Recovery at Norristown State Hospital, by Kathie Mitchell
Jan had an important message to share with her audience at Norristown State Hospital (NSH). She, too, had been a patient there nearly 20 years earlier. She credited her psychiatrist and the support team at the state hospital for helping turn her life around. It was the beginning [...]Read more