Say it out loud | Mental Health in Illinois

Register now for the May 4, 2009 Supported Employment / Say it out loud Forum on the role of work in promoting recovery and building resilience! The DHS Divisions of Mental Health (DMH) and Rehabilitation Services (DRS) are pleased to present: A Working Life: Practical and Powerful Resources for Supporting the Employment of Persons with Mental Illnesses. The forum will bring together noted business & commerce, mental health consumer, social service, healthcare, government and academic leaders to address the practical benefits of Evidenced Based Individual Placement Services Supported Employment (IPS) and Say it out loud campaign precepts in facilitating mental health and wellbeing in the workplace in difficult times.

The Illinois Bar Association Mental Health Committee is pleased to present Mental Health Law Day 2009: “Understanding the Essentials of Mental Health Law & Using the Law as a Tool for Recovery” on Wednesday, May 14. The forum will bring together noted mental health, social service, public safety practitioners and consumers along with several esteemed members of the Illinois bar to exchange views regarding the role of the state mental health justice system in assuring that mental health concerns are properly addressed.

May 1, 2008 – More than 400 people gathered today in the Crystal Garden on Navy Pier on a beautiful Chicago spring day to celebrate the launch of Say it out loud. Attendees of the rally heard from the campaign’s sponsors, as well as from people who told their own Say it out loud stories. The campaign’s yellow and blue t-shirts could be seen everywhere, and it was obvious that the rally was only the beginning of an amazing new dialog on promoting good mental health for everyone in Illinois.