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Recovery-Oriented Research Funded by Mental Healthcare Foundation

Inspired by Robert Whitaker's 'Anatomy of an Epidemic,' the grants will aid investigation of care models that have helped patients overseas
November 21, 2012 -- The Wilsonville-based Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care – started last year to support a new model for mental health research – has awarded a $100,000 grant to research whether the Finnish “open dialogue” model can be implemented in the United States, and is both offering and seeking funds for other related grant projects. Read More >>

Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare Begins Funding First Projects

The foundation's mission is to advocate for a more holistic approach to treating mental illness
February 6, 2012—The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare and its executive director Gina Nikkel are off to a running start, funding its first projects that Nikkel hopes will begin creating a more holistic understanding and way of treating mental illness. Read More >>

Gina Nikkel to Head Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare

July 6, 2011 – Gina Nikkel, PhD, has been named the first executive director of the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare, a new national community foundation for mental health recovery that seeks to turn the rising tide of chronic mental illness and premature death through the power of philanthropy and the shared work of scientists, users and providers of mental health services and their families. Its goal is to find and promote the best ways to achieve long-term recovery and to help people with mental health challenges to thrive. Read More >>

Book Sparks Mental Health Movement

A group of psychiatrists and mental health experts kicked off a national effort in Portland last month to improve the use of mental health drugs
March 15, 2011 – Gina Nikkel said she couldn’t read a book like Robert Whitaker’s Anatomy of an Epidemic and not “do something about it,” she told a crowd at the First Unitarian Church of Portland last month. Read More >>
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