This past Friday, July 7, Governor Malloy signed HB 7312 into law, creating Public Act 17-147. This law includes the establishment of a...

UPDATE: Up to 5 Continuing Education credits are pending for this program for social workers & counselors. No cost. Leaders of health &...

Recovery Coaching is a recovery support service that is non-clinical and designated to engage others beyond recovery initiation through...

Last year the state of CT decided to privatize its Protection & Advocacy office. P&A is a federally mandated function. The new...

Public Act 17-178 was just passed! This law fights discrimination by removing the requirement that healthcare professionals with a...

The Southwest Regional Mental Health Board will recognize State Representative Cristin McCarthy Vahey of Fairfield at its Annual Meeting...

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We are pleased to invite interested community members to join us for our Annual Meeting on June 22, 3:30-5:30pm at Norwalk City Hall....

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The first annual "Fairfield County Walks for Mental Health" was a big success! About 150 people participated, to the honks and cheers of...

NFL player Brandon Marshall has a personality disorder that has been called "devastating." In this video, he speaks about the stigma...

One in ten people deals with an anxiety disorder each year. An anxiety disorder goes beyond regular stress, affecting daily life,...

Join the region’s coalition of mental health advocates for the first annual Fairfield County Walks for Mental Health event on Saturday,...

Several items of note: Our bill HB 6483 to create a task force to make recommendations around the shortages in the psychiatric workforce...

Help kick off Mental Health Awareness Month in Connecticut! Join us Sat. May 6, 10am at the Norwalk Town Green for the first annual Fairfiel

TOMORROW is the public hearing before the Judiciary Committee on the legalization of marijuana and other related bills. The Governor's...

Two rights issues in state news & legislation: (1) CT's Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities was slated to be...

We're so grateful to the 31 supporters who made donations to Southwest Regional Mental Health Board on Fairfield County's Giving Day...

A quick update on the bills arising from our CAC legislative forums in December (with our thanks to Rep. McCarthy-Vahey, D-Fairfield, for...

​Since our creation by the State of Connecticut in 1975, the Southwest Regional Mental Health Board has been a part of the community. Our...

The Governor's proposed budget would "consolidate" the 5 Regional Mental Health Boards with the 13 Regional Action Councils in order to...

On Tuesday, March 7th there will be a public hearing before the Public Health Committee that will include the following bills of...