Treating Vulnerable, Mentally Ill Patients Who Are Navigating the U.S. Criminal Justice System

• By: Erin M. Falconer, PhD ODH, Inc.
• July 1st, 2017
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…with chronic health problems (White House Fact Sheet, Data Driven Justice Initiative, June 30. 2016: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/06/30/fact-sheet-launching-data-driven-justice-initiative-disrupting-cycle). Research that has used county and statewide criminal justice data as well as health…

Maintaining Clinician Wellness During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• By: Richard Juman, PsyD TeamHealth
• May 20th, 2020
• burnout, clinicians, COVID-19, family, health and wellness, mental health, stress, summer 2020 issue
• 870    0

…will be expected of us when we come out the other side. And we will come out the other side. Professional Challenges While everyone in America is doing their best…

Fentanyl Test Strips as a Form of Harm Reduction: Study Outcomes

• By: Nadeen Mahklouf, PharmD, MPH Salvatore Volpe, MD, FAA, FACP, ABP-CI Staten Island Performing Provider System (SI PPS)
• March 31st, 2021
• fentanyl, harm reduction, opioids, overdose, Spring 2021 Issue, test strips
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…without the user’s knowledge. Fentanyl test strips are used to test for the presence of fentanyl and its analogs in the urine. They have been used as an off-label harm…

Behavioral Health, the LGBTQ Community, and Managed Care

• By: Heidi Arthur, LMSW Josh Rubin, MPP Health Management Associates Christian Huygen, PhD Rainbow Heights Club
• October 1st, 2016
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…http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/communications/repository/files/blueprint final complete.pdf xvi Cultural Competence- Health Reform. Retrieved from http://www.omh.ny.gov/omhweb/cultural_competence/health_reform.html xvii The Joint Commission: Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Hospitals. Oak…

Federal and State Vaccine Mandates and The Behavioral Health Workforce

• By: Rachel A. Fernbach, Esq. NY State Psychiatric Association (NYSPA)
• October 1st, 2021
• COVID-19, Fall 2021 Issue, legal challenges, vaccine mandates, workforce
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…in Garden City, New York. Footnotes Behavioral Health + Economics Network, Behavioral Health Workforce Fact Sheet. https://www.bhecon.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BHECON-Behavioral-Health-Workforce-Fact-Sheet-2018.pdf Id. HRSA Fact Sheet: Behavioral Health Workforce Projections: 2017-2030. https://bhw.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/bureau-health-workforce/data-research/bh-workforce-projections-fact-sheet.pdf https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/vaccine-tracker https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bidens-covid-vaccine-mandate-angers-republicans-libertarians-2021-09-10/ Id….

Resources to Address Mental Health and Resiliency in School Settings

• By: | The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• January 5th, 2022
• behavioral health, coping, COVID-19, education, grief, mental health, resilience, resources, suicide prevention, teachers, trauma, Winter 2022 Issue
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…health field. Back to School After COVID-19: Supporting Student and Staff Mental Health Toolkit is designed to help guide conversations to include a trauma-informed, equitable, and compassionate lens to providing…

The NYSPA Report: Overdose Prevention Centers Keep Our People Alive

• By: Alan T. Rodríguez Penney, MD Janian Medical Care
• July 19th, 2023
• co-occurring disorders, fentanyl, harm reduction, medication-assisted treatment, naloxone, opioid use disorder, overdose, overdose prevention centers, Summer 2023 Issue, supervised injection sites, syringe service programs
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…rooms come into being?” European report on drug consumption rooms. 2004 Feb. https://web.archive.org/web/20200326022000/http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_2944_EN_consumption_rooms_report.pdf Accessed 11 June 2023. GovInfo. “§ 856. Maintaining drug-involved premises.” Title 21- Food and Drugs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2004-title21/pdf/USCODE-2004-title21-chap13-subchapI-partD-sec856.pdf Accessed…

Behavioral Health News Spotlight on Excellence: An Interview with Mary Brewster, Associate Commissioner for Harm Reduction at the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• October 23rd, 2023
• addiction, buprenorphine, compassionate care, drug overdose deaths, Fall 2023 Issue, fentanyl testing, harm reduction, HIV/AIDS epidemic, life-saving care, low-threshold services, medication-assisted treatment, naloxone distribution, non-stigmatizing language, opioid epidemic, opioid use disorder, saving lives, stigma reduction, substance use disorder, syringe exchange programs
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…provide. For example, we’ve just launched a huge campaign and project of getting naloxone, brand name Narcan, out into community, and getting fentanyl test strips and xylazine test strips out…

Ketamine for Mental Health Treatment: How Promising Is It?

• By: Caroline Emmitt, MSW Izabela Sadej, LSW Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center (PEPReC)
• January 17th, 2023
• depression, ketamine, medication resistant, mental health, miracle drug, pandemic, suicide, Winter 2023 Issue
• 2446    2

…for the acute treatment of adults with major depressive disorder: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. The Lancet, 391, 1357–1366. https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(17)32802-7.pdf De Gregorio, D., Aguilar-Valles, A., Preller, K. H., Heifets,…

Wellness Self-Management

• By: Anthony Salerno, PhD New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• July 1st, 2009
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…a fee to cover basic copying and mail costs for bound hard copies of the workbook. Please contact Melissa Hinds-Martinez at hindsma@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu or call 212.543.5941 to request a copy. How…