Health Programs

The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism 1997-1998

Joel Kaplan

Associate Professor, S.I. Newhouse
School of Public Communications,
Syracuse University
DeWitt, New York

TOPIC: Changes in the mental health service delivery system in Onandaga County, New York

New York State of Mental Health
While staying at the Syracuse Rescue Mission Allliance, A. Corgel contemplated suicide. 

Mental Health Treatment Costs
Contrary to popular belief, mental illness is an illness like any other. More times than not, it can be treated with therapy and medication, and patients can wind up healthy again.