ADVOCACY NEWS FROM NAMI NEW JERSEY:
1. NJ PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS
2. RUTGERS HOSTS MEETING ON CLEMENTI TRAGEDY
3. MUSEUM WORKING ON MENTAL ILLNESS EXHIBIT
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NJ PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital in Trenton, New Jersey, will hold a public meeting on October 21, 2010 at 1:30 p.m., pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4-3.22. The meeting will take place at the Hospital's Stratton Building, 5th Floor Board Room. The public is invited to attend. For more information, please call (609) 633-1500. Click here for directions to the hospital.
Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital
Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital in Glen Gardner, New Jersey will hold a public meeting on October 25, 2010 at 1:00 p.m., pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4-3.22. The meeting will take place in the Auditorium, which is located in Administration Building #16. The public is invited to attend. For more information, please call (908) 537-2141. Click here for directions to the hospital.
Ancora Psychiatric Hospital
Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in Ancora, New Jersey, will hold a public meeting on October 26, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4-3.22. The meeting will take place at 301 Spring Garden Road in the Ivy Hall Gym. The public is invited to attend. For more information, please call (609) 561-1700. Click here for directions.
To view the full announcement:
http://nj.gov/humanservices/dmhs/home/public_annual_mtgs.html
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RUTGERS HOSTS MEETING ON CLEMENTI TRAGEDY
Nearly 450 people gathered in the Rutgers Student Center in New Brunswick for a passion-filled event that was part political rally, part memorial and part confessional. For two hours, politicians called for new laws to protect young people from bullying and internet harassment. The event was the first of two town hall meetings in memory of Clementi, the Ridgewood teenager who jumped off the George Washington Bridge after his roommate and another student allegedly used a webcam to secretly watch him in an intimate encounter with another man.
Read more:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/rutgers_hosts_a_town_hall_meet.html
Go to a list of suicide/bullying prevention resources:
http://www.naminj.org/links/RESOURCES_SuicideBullyingGayLesbianSupport.pdf
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MUSEUM WORKING ON MENTAL ILLNESS EXHIBIT
Last Halloween, the iconic Red Mill in Clinton Town attracted national attention for staging a haunted house that portrayed psychiatric patients as murderous ghouls. Critics said the “Asylum of Terror” fundraiser perpetuated cruel myths about people suffering from mental illness. Those myths, in turn, can reinforce stigma that often deter people from seeking medical attention they need. This year the museum is also working with advocacy groups and healthcare professionals to coordinate the state’s first-ever comprehensive exhibit on the history of mental illness in New Jersey.
Read Veronica Slaght’s Star Ledger report:
http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2010/10/red_mills_halloween_theme_is_z.html
