Recovery Series:
Messages from the Office of the Commissioner
2004
March 18, 2004
Quality: Raising The Bar By Addressing Health Disparities
by Arthur C. Evans, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner, DMHAS
February 18, 2004
"Turning "Heroin Town" Into Recovery Town"
by Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, DMHAS
January 8, 2004
"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
by Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, DMHAS
2003
December 11, 2003
"Cheers for Peers"
by Karen A. Kangas, Ed.D., Director of Community Education
October 21, 2003
"A Decent Place To Live…A Basic Right…An Essential For Recovery"
by Paul J. DiLeo, DMHAS Chief Operating Officer
September 4, 2003
"Dare To Dream"by Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, DMHAS
July 24, 2003
"Dial Up for Recovery"
by Doreen DelBianco, Legislative Program Manager, DMHAS
May 15, 2003
"You Can Get There From Here . . ."
by Karen A. Kangas, Ed.D., Director of Community Education
2002
December 2, 2002
Part Five: "What Happened to Joe?"
by Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, DMHAS
November 25, 2002
Part Four: "What Happened to Rita?"
by Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, DMHAS
November 7, 2002
Part Three: "Joe and Rita From Down the Block"
by Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, DMHAS
November 5, 2002
Part Two: "Thank You for the Casserole"
by Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, DMHAS
November 4, 2002
Part One: "The Power of the Substance - Never Underestimate It"
by Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, DMHAS
October 17, 2002
"In Recovery and at the Polls"
by Doreen DelBianco, Legislative Program Manager, DMHAS
September 5, 2002
"Join the Voices of Recovery: A Call to Action"
by Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, DMHAS
August 8, 2002
"Your Dash . . . New Beginnings . . . Recovery"
by Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, DMHAS
April 18, 2002
"Success, One Life At A Time"
by Sue Tanner, Executive Assistant, DMHAS
January 24, 2002
"Disclosure"
by Karen A. Kangas, Ed.D., Director of Community Education &
Recovery Affairs
January 10, 2002
"Culture Counts . . . It Is About Respect and Quality"
by Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, DMHAS
2001
January 11, 2001
"Promoting A Recovery-Oriented System Of Care"
by Arthur C. Evans, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner, DMHAS
January 25, 2001
"Moving To A New Era Of Excellence"
by Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, DMHAS
March 22, 2001
"Further Towards Recovery"
by Kenneth Marcus, M.D., Medical Director, DMHAS
April 19, 2001
"Hearing The Voices Of Persons In Recovery"
by Karen Snyder, Assistant Commissioner, DMHAS
May 17, 2001
"Advocacy Draws Change and Erases Stigma"
by Karen A. Kangas, Ed.D., Director of Community Education
and Recovery Affairs, DMHAS
May 31, 2001
"We Are All Advocates"
by Paul J. Di Leo, Director of Community Services and Hospitals, DMHAS