Letters to members from the National Council President and CEO, Linda Rosenberg, highlight key issues and predict future trends in mental health and addictions treatment.

Time to Take a Breath: National Council Practice Initiatives

July 2010

With the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, come new responsibilities, which include the duty to properly manage the details of healthcare reform, to improve the quality and efficiency of care, and to get ready to meet the increasing demand for mental health and addictions services. Examples of how the National Council and our members are already improving care to get ready for healthcare reform implementation are various National Council initiatives — the Access and Retention Project, the Primary Care-Mental Health Collaborative Care and Learning Community Project, the Psychiatric Leadership Program, and Mental Health First Aid USA. Read more...

Letter from Linda Archives

Member power: Hill Day 2010 brings 500 members to DC to advocate
July 2010

Healthcare reform: let’s get down to business
April 2010

Healthcare Reform – where are we?  What’s ahead?
October 2009

Hill Day 2009 and our healthcare reform agenda
July 2009

Opportunities with economic recovery and healthcare reform
January 2009

Healthcare reform… what about us?
November 2008

The power of "citizen government"
June 2008

Strengthening America's mental health and addictions treatment capacity
May 2008

Co-occurring mental health and addiction disorders
February 2008

The National Council looks back at 2007 and ahead to 2008
January 2008

Project Helping Hands and Mental Health First Aid
December 2007

New legislation to strengthen community mental health
October 2007

Community-based service organizations lead the way in improving lives
June 2007

Building a national service system for community mental health
April 2007

Our time to lead
January 2007