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The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse

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The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse

The nation's first peer-run national technical assistance center.

Clearinghouse programs and services have been guided by the tenets of the mental health self-help movement to advance and defend consumer independence, self-determination, responsibility, choice, respect, and dignity, and to promote recovery. The Clearinghouse serves as a vital national consumer technical assistance center that provides information, resources, and hands-on training to constituents

in every region of the country. It responds to requests from individual consumers, family members, mental health professionals, researchers, and other constituents; develops and disseminates informational resources – including a monthly e-newsletter called the Key Update and a quarterly technical assistance bulletin called the Key Assistance Report as well as a variety of resources available on its Web site, http://www.mhselfhelp.org – to support the technical assistance and organizational development needs of individual consumers and consumer organizations across the United States; collaborates with the University of Pennsylvania to develop practical tools to promote consumers’ full participation in the community; provides technical assistance to help behavioral health systems in multiple states to incorporate Certified Peer Specialists into service infrastructures; facilitates national conferences; and is providing in-depth, ongoing technical assistance and support to build strong consumer movements in several states. In short, the Clearinghouse, in concert with the other national consumer technical assistance centers, is making progress in building a network of informed and empowered consumers who are shaping behavioral health policy, practices, and programs in communities across the United States.

06/23/2026

The new, July-August 2026 Key Update has a lot going on! Read it here! https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest First, an Action Alert to urge the remaining six states to drop out of Texas v. Kennedy! And learn about a new Commission that aims to “redefine and streamline” how psychiatric conditions are diagnosed and treated, and “How to Stay Safe When Searching Health Advice Online.” And due to what The New Republic called “savage ignorance,” Trump rejects Housing First and Harm Reduction as remedies for homelessness and substance use disorders, respectively. And don’t miss other news and upcoming events and deadlines, opportunities, resources, the 2 digests & “...But Still Fresh!” https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest

Key Update July-August 2026, Vol. 23, No. 2 June 22, 2026 Susan Rogers For a free subscription to the monthly Key Update, send an email to [email protected] with Subscribe in the subject line.The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse is affiliated with the Temple ...

04/22/2026

Lots of news, opportunities, events, and resources in the new, May-June 2026 Key Update! Read it here! https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest Find out about the wrongheaded approach the DSM-6 is taking. (Spoiler: It involves biomarkers, which don’t exist.) And how about Big Pharma’s bribery schemes? But there’s some good news about NIH’s strategic plan for disability health research! And while “sitting is the new smoking,” learn how you can reduce the harm that sitting causes! And don’t miss other news and upcoming events and deadlines, opportunities, resources, the 2 digests & “...But Still Fresh!” https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest

Key Update, April-May 2026, Vol. 22, No. 11 March 23, 2026 Susan Rogers For a free subscription to the monthly Key Update, send an email to [email protected] with Subscribe in the subject line.The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse is affiliated with the Temple...

02/25/2026

Read the March-April ’26 Key Update! https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest
There are 8 webinars & a meeting this week “above the fold” & 5 more this week in “...But Still Fresh!” And provocative news, e.g., None of the 22 FDA Approvals for Psychiatric Drugs in the Last Decade Were “Clinically Useful”! And does inpatient care boost su***de? Also, “How Big Health Insurers Hijacked a Medical Term and Built a Denial Machine Around It” and what to do about it! And don’t miss other upcoming events, opportunities, resources, the 2 digests & “...But Still Fresh!”https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest

Key Update, February-March 2026, Volume 22, No. 9 January 23, 2026 Susan Rogers For a free subscription to the monthly Key Update, send an email to [email protected] with Subscribe in the subject line.The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse is affiliated with th...

12/02/2025

The Dec. ’25-Jan. ’26 Key Update is here, on Black Friday (not on sale but for free)! Please read and share it! https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest. There’s an action alert with a December 1 deadline! And there’s news about whether text-based or video therapy is better, how to prevent youth gun su***de and how to reduce involuntary psychiatric holds, the attempt to add Su***de Crisis Syndrome to the DSM, and more! And don’t miss events happening soon, plus opportunities, resources, the healthy lifestyle and criminal legal system digests, and “...But Still Fresh!” https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest

Key Update, November-December 2025, Vol. 22, No. 6 October 20, 2025 Susan Rogers To subscribe to the monthly Key Update, send an email to [email protected] with Subscribe in the subject line.The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse is affiliated with the Temple U...

10/20/2025

The Nov.-Dec. ’25 Key Update is hot off the virtual press! Please read and share it!
https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest. There’s news about the United Nations’ recent creation of “A New Vision for the…Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing,” what’s wrong with psychiatric labels, mental health research, psychiatric hospitals’ errant behavior, a diet that may help prevent Alzheimer’s, and more! And don’t miss upcoming events happening in the near future, plus opportunities, resources, the healthy lifestyle and criminal legal system digests, and “...But Still Fresh!” https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest

Key Update, October-November 2025, Vol. 22, No. 5 September 22, 2025 Susan Rogers To subscribe to the monthly Key Update, send an email to [email protected] with Subscribe in the subject line.The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse is affiliated with the Temple ...

09/26/2025

Please read and share the October-November 2025 Key Update! https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest. There’s news about the general public’s opinion of forced treatment, what ChatGPT gets wrong, the ethics of forced treatment, how technology helps older adults’ brains, and more! And don’t miss upcoming events happening in the very near future, plus opportunities, resources, the healthy lifestyle and criminal legal system digests, and “...But Still Fresh!” https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest

Key Update, September-October 2025, Vol. 22, No. 4 August 25, 2025 Susan Rogers To subscribe to the monthly Key Update, send an email to [email protected] with Subscribe in the subject line.The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse is affiliated with the Temple Un...

08/26/2025

Please read and share the September-October 2025 Key Update! https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest. There’s news about the criminalization of homelessness, 988, the dangers of ECT, and more! And don’t miss upcoming events and deadlines happening in the very near future, as well as opportunities, resources, the healthy lifestyle and criminal legal system digests, and “...But Still Fresh!” https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest

Key Update, August-September 2025, Vol. 22, No. 3 July 22, 2025 Susan Rogers To subscribe to the monthly Key Update, send an email to [email protected] with Subscribe in the subject line.The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse is affiliated with the Temple Unive...

03/10/2025

Read the hot-off-the-press March-April 2025 Key Update! https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest Save June 9-12 for Hill Days, more important now than ever! There is bad news about DEIA, and about the dangers of using AI to help with mental health issues, the connection between antidepressants and osteoporosis, whether bipolar disorder is overdiagnosed, + more! There are also opportunities and special events; resources; webinars, conferences, and trainings! And don’t miss the Healthy Lifestyle and Criminal Legal System digests, and “...But Still Fresh!” Read it here! https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest

Key Update, February-March 2025, Volume 21, Number 9 February 11, 2025 Susan Rogers To subscribe to the monthly Key Update, send an email to [email protected] with Subscribe in the subject line.The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse is affiliated with the Templ...

02/11/2025

Read the brand-new February-March 2025 Key Update here! https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest There is provocative news about 988, involving peer support! There is also news about how and why people with are at risk, as well as the many cities banning outdoor sleeping, the rampant racism in the criminal legal system, + more! There are also opportunities; resources; webinars, trainings, and conferences! And don’t miss the Healthy Lifestyle and Criminal Legal System digests, and “...But Still Fresh!” Read it here! https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest

Key Update, January-February 2025, Volume 21, Number 8 January 13, 2025 Susan Rogers To subscribe to the monthly Key Update, send an email to [email protected] with Subscribe in the subject line.The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse is affiliated with the Temp...

11/19/2024

The November-December 2024 Key Update is out! Read it here! https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest
Did you know that Finland has solved homelessness? Find out how! And did you know that watchful waiting works for depression? And why choosing prison over an NGRI plea (NCR – Not Criminally Responsible – in Canada) may be the best plan? There’s all that and more, including great webinars, conferences, opportunities, and resources, in the latest Key Update! And don’t skip the Healthy Lifestyle and Criminal Legal System digests, and the “...But Still Fresh!” department, in which there’s vital information you may have missed the first time around! https://www.mhselfhelp.org/the-key-update-latest

Key Update, November-December 2024, Volume 21, Number 6 November 17, 2024 Susan Rogers To subscribe to the monthly Key Update, send an email to [email protected] with Subscribe in the subject line.The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse is affiliated with the Te...

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