Message from OOC
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


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