News from the Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris
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Revisiting COVID-19’s Effects on a College Student’s Mental Health
Written by Katie Newman Up until a couple of weeks ago, I hadn’t thought much about the blog post that I’d written for MHAEM at the end of March. When I reread it, I saw that I’d addressed some things that had truly proven to be legitimate concerns. I didn’t have my...
Reflections From A College Student Impacted By The Pandemic
Written by Katie Newman As many of us have so eloquently put it to our friends, families, neighbors, and significant others, “This is freaking crazy.” And we’re right. None of us has ever lived through a pandemic before. Up until about two weeks ago and since August,...
NJ Transit Extends MHAEM’s Public Art Initiative to Montclair’s Bay Street Station
NJ TRANSIT has unveiled the third installation of the Out in the Open. In it Together public art project highlighting mental health issues at its Bay Street Station in Montclair. The installation, first shown at Newark Penn Station in October 2018, is presented in...
Advocate on behalf of the patients at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
As you may have read in recent news reports, the Office of the Public Defender has filed a suit against the State of New Jersey regarding the inhumane conditions at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital. The MHAEM Board and Staff hope this drastic legal action will...
CODE BLUE: NJ Warming Centers
In response to the extreme weather over the next few days, MHAEM's PATH teams (Essex and Morris) are working closely with the local police departments, warming stations and shelters to assure our homeless without an address have shelter from the cold during the day...
Board Member to Debut Film at Cannes Film Festival
'Beyond the Silence', a film by William Michael Barbee, a Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris County board member, was inspired to create a film based on his own life and raise awareness about the issues facing the mentally ill. "What I had to do was put my...
MHAEM Unveils Public Art Initiative at Newark Penn Station
The Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris, together with NJ TRANSIT, unveiled its public art project Out in the Open. In it Together, at Newark Penn Station on October 16, to bring awareness to the impact that mental illness has on families. Five large-scale...
Community Companion
A Community Companion is a volunteer who is matched with someone in the community who is living with a mental illness. Volunteers complete a training program and then commit two hours a week for a minimum of three months to spend quality time with their match. To get...
Community Rides
If you need transportation for shopping, errands, appointments and other everyday activities, our Community Rides service is here for you. Available every Wednesday and some Thursdays between 9:00 am and 4:30 pm, Community Rides provides free car service on a...
Community Garden
Our Community garden is a unique opportunity for consumers to explore healthy living and lifestyles while, at the same time, giving back to the community. Clients from the Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris and NewBridge Services take the lead and tend our...