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Constance Brown-Bellamy Appointed to New Position at Inperium

We are pleased to announce that Constance Brown-Bellamy has been hired as the Senior Vice President of External Relations for Inperium Inc. This newly created position will expand Inperium’s offerings of affiliated services to include community and government relations expertise. Constance will...

Early Findings from a Tri-County Collaborative Approach to Addressing the Opioid Crisis

While the opioid crisis has captured the concern of public health officials and the public, the epidemic is not evenly distributed. Rural communities are especially hard-hit, particularly areas with a large working-class population where dim economic prospects have led to dramatic increases in...

BHN Winter 2020 Issue

  • January 1st, 2020
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"Addressing the Nation's Opioid Epidemic"   Articles in This...

Back Issues

  • October 18th, 2019
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Below, you can browse our library of 95+ back issues of Behavioral Health News and its predecessor Mental Health News. While each quarterly issue is focused on a particular theme, you will also find articles addressing other topics of vital interest to the behavioral health community. In...

Evaluation of a Continuum-Based Framework for Behavioral Health Integration in Small Primary Care Practices

Introducing behavioral health services into small primary care settings enhances patient-centered care and provides higher-quality care and greater treatment options for patients with behavioral health conditions such as depression and anxiety. For small practices already facing the burden of...

Integrated Health Care for Older Adults: A Model Partnership

When Sonia was discharged from New York-Presbyterian (NYP) hospital last winter her Care Coordinator arranged for home care, meals, nurse visits, transportation, medical equipment and prescriptions. She went home confident that she would be safe and would receive ongoing care at home as she...

Excellence in Wellness: Whole Self Care Program at S:US

The notion of Integrated Health in behavioral health care is rooted in the need to improve the health outcomes in the lives of people in recovery from mental and/or substance use disorders. Preventative measures are critical to addressing the rates of chronic illness and premature death experienced...

Helping Transition Age Youth and Young Adults Achieve their Goals

As with all young adults, a central focus for Transition Age Youth and Young Adults (TAYYA) ages 16 to 25 with serious mental health challenges is building a life in the community. Doing so requires completing their education and getting satisfying work. If these young people have spent serious...

Integrated Care: A Model of Service in Behavioral Health

This article is part of a quarterly series giving voice to the perspectives of individuals with lived experiences as they share their opinions on a particular topic. The authors of this column facilitated a focus group of their peers to inform this writing. The authors are provided with services by...

Integrated Psychiatry for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

Use of psychotropic drugs for individuals with developmental disabilities is common practice. For example, Jobski, Hofer, Hoffman, and Bachmann (2016) documented an overall median use of psychotropic drugs in 45.7% of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Wink et al., (2018) documented...