Jeff Keller

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  www.citylimits.org/content/articles/weeklyView.cfm?arti - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/14/2005    Last Visited: 11/14/2005  

  "Even if the hospital had no legal obligation to notify the brother [of the court order], they had a moral obligation to do so," said Jeff Keller, deputy director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, New York State (NAMI-NYS), noting that medical privacy laws do not require such court orders to be kept secret.
  
  Bertulfo takes comfort in the fact that his brother won't be spending more time in prison.While in jail at Rikers Island, Bertulfo said his brother lived in constant fear that other inmates would physically abuse him.

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  www.pressrepublican.com/0125_briefs/local_story_0562232 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/25/2008    Last Visited: 2/26/2008  

  Contact NAMI Deputy Director Jeff Keller at jkeller@naminys.org or (800) 950-3228.

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  www.DisabilityNation.net/episode/timothys-law-battle-me - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/10/2008    Last Visited: 5/28/2008  

  Jeff Keller is Assistant Director of NAMI of New York State and joins me on this episode to discuss Timothy's Law and the effort to force insurance companies to provide parity when treating physical and mental health conditions.

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  Community Watch: July 2006 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/1/2006    Last Visited: 11/28/2007  

  "You don't want to mix violent sexual predators with people who have severe mental disorders," said Jeff Keller, deputy director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York State.
  
  "We understand that these people are dangerous and violent and shouldn't be walking on the street, but we don't want them thrown in with the mentally ill," he said.
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  Putting predators into state mental facilities would be expensive and dangerous to others, said Keller, at New York's mental illness alliance.

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  Galleria garage slaying suspect was beyond reach of... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/10/2008    Last Visited: 7/10/2005  

  Not all sex offenders are considered mentally ill. Kendra's Law pertains only to people with brain disorders, who are unstable on their own, said Jeff Keller, deputy director for the National Alliance of the Mentally Ill in New York.
  
  "They've been struggling with the criminal personality for centuries," Keller said.

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  Law to Force Mental Illness Treatment Raises Ire of... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/16/2004    Last Visited: 10/24/2005  

  Jeff Keller, director of NAMI-NYS, believes AOT strengthens accountability for both service providers and patients.Responding to the argument that AOT undermines civil liberties, Keller asked, "What are you fighting for? … The right of the individual to recover from the illness, or the [right of the] illness to basically maintain control of that person's mind and life, and probably eventually kill that person?"

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  MHANYS - Community Connections, Spring 2003 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/1/2003    Last Visited: 6/8/2008  

  By Jeff Keller, Deputy Director of NAMI-NYS

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  MHAPC | Articles - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/22/2005    Last Visited: 6/6/2008  

  Kendra's Law provides "another level of care for the most difficult cases in the community," says Jeff Keller, deputy director of NAMI New York State, which is based in Albany.Keller, who is writing a report to be released in March about the successes and shortfalls of New York's IOC law, says a court-ordered treatment plan has an important effect, beyond providing guidelines for a patient.
  
  "Historically, providers have cherry-picked cases," he says.

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  Mental Health Association in New York State - MHANYS - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/18/2007    Last Visited: 12/13/2007  

  "Solitary confinement for persons with SMI is tantamount to torture," Jeff Keller, deputy director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness-New York State (NAMI-NYS), told MHW."This is something you can't do halfway," he noted.

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  NAMI Rochester Spring 2005 Newsletter - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/1/2005    Last Visited: 7/3/2007  

  NOTE: Jeff Keller, Deputy Director of NAMI/NYS will be coming to Rochester in the Fall to do a presentation on Kendra's Law.

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