Comments on: National Council Uses Second Life For Mental Health Advocacy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/national-council-uses-second-life-for-mental-health-advocacy-234/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:55:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Project Helping Hands Provides Mental Health Resouces for Gustav Victims http://www.blisstree.com/articles/national-council-uses-second-life-for-mental-health-advocacy-234/comment-page-1/#comment-104030 Project Helping Hands Provides Mental Health Resouces for Gustav Victims Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:05:21 +0000 http://www.mentalhealthnotes.com/2008/03/28/national-council-uses-second-life-for-mental-health-advocacy/#comment-104030 [...] I received this press release from the National Council, the same bunch of forward thinkers who created an office on an island in Second Life called Nonprofit Commons in order to virtually offer mental health and addictions awareness and support. Emergency [...] [...] I received this press release from the National Council, the same bunch of forward thinkers who created an office on an island in Second Life called Nonprofit Commons in order to virtually offer mental health and addictions awareness and support. Emergency [...]

]]> By: Saturday Sanity: Are You Ready For Some Football? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/national-council-uses-second-life-for-mental-health-advocacy-234/comment-page-1/#comment-102996 Saturday Sanity: Are You Ready For Some Football? Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:06:56 +0000 http://www.mentalhealthnotes.com/2008/03/28/national-council-uses-second-life-for-mental-health-advocacy/#comment-102996 [...] I told you about the work The National Council is doing via Second Life. Soon after I posted it, I found out that Preferred Family Healthcare (a member of The National [...] [...] I told you about the work The National Council is doing via Second Life. Soon after I posted it, I found out that Preferred Family Healthcare (a member of The National [...]

]]> By: Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader http://www.blisstree.com/articles/national-council-uses-second-life-for-mental-health-advocacy-234/comment-page-1/#comment-102995 Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:38:01 +0000 http://www.mentalhealthnotes.com/2008/03/28/national-council-uses-second-life-for-mental-health-advocacy/#comment-102995 <B>Jason</B>: Thank you very much - and thank your friend for me! <B>Dick</B>: That's great! If you want to email me a write up or anything like that explains in depth what PFH is doing with Second Life (or any kind of information related to mental health, really!) feel free to do so and I'll get it up here at MHN! Jason: Thank you very much – and thank your friend for me!

Dick: That’s great! If you want to email me a write up or anything like that explains in depth what PFH is doing with Second Life (or any kind of information related to mental health, really!) feel free to do so and I’ll get it up here at MHN!

]]> By: Dick Dillon http://www.blisstree.com/articles/national-council-uses-second-life-for-mental-health-advocacy-234/comment-page-1/#comment-102994 Dick Dillon Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:37:25 +0000 http://www.mentalhealthnotes.com/2008/03/28/national-council-uses-second-life-for-mental-health-advocacy/#comment-102994 As the organization I work for (Preferred Family Healthcare) is a member of the National Council, I was delighted to see their presence in Second Life particularly as it is affiliated with the Non-Profit Commons, a group I have been working with for the past year. I think virtual worlds have great potential for sharing information (and hope and support) with millions, as well as other possibilities. PFH for example is exploring the value of this technology to reach housebound individuals, and those who live in rural and frontier areas. We are not a national or international consortium, but PFH is certainly an organization that is offering "mental health and addictions awareness and support virtually using the technology of Second Life" and has been doing so since the spring of 2007. We haven't claimed to be the "first" at anything (it's a big virtual world in there) but we certainly have made a splash! We hope that more agencies and consortia like the National Council will use this technology to increase our visibility and reach the heretofor unreachable. Good going NC! As the organization I work for (Preferred Family Healthcare) is a member of the National Council, I was delighted to see their presence in Second Life particularly as it is affiliated with the Non-Profit Commons, a group I have been working with for the past year. I think virtual worlds have great potential for sharing information (and hope and support) with millions, as well as other possibilities. PFH for example is exploring the value of this technology to reach housebound individuals, and those who live in rural and frontier areas.

We are not a national or international consortium, but PFH is certainly an organization that is offering “mental health and addictions awareness and support virtually using the technology of Second Life” and has been doing so since the spring of 2007. We haven’t claimed to be the “first” at anything (it’s a big virtual world in there) but we certainly have made a splash!

We hope that more agencies and consortia like the National Council will use this technology to increase our visibility and reach the heretofor unreachable.

Good going NC!

]]> By: Jason Whitmen http://www.blisstree.com/articles/national-council-uses-second-life-for-mental-health-advocacy-234/comment-page-1/#comment-102993 Jason Whitmen Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:00:25 +0000 http://www.mentalhealthnotes.com/2008/03/28/national-council-uses-second-life-for-mental-health-advocacy/#comment-102993 A friend of mine just emailed me one of your articles from a while back. I read that one a few more. Really enjoy your blog. Thanks. Jason Whitmen A friend of mine just emailed me one of your articles from a while back. I read that one a few more. Really enjoy your blog. Thanks.

Jason Whitmen

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