The NYSPA Report – The Fifteen-Month Clock: Substance Use Disorder, Recovery Timelines, and the Law’s Deadline for Parents

• By: Heidi Makhlouf, MS-4 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Elie G. Aoun, MD Columbia University
• October 12th, 2026
• Adoption and Safe Families Act, child welfare, Fall 2026 Issue, family law, mandated reporting, parental rights, pregnancy, recovery timelines, substance use disorder
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The forensic dilemma at the intersection of substance use disorder (SUD) and family law appears at several junctures: pregnancy, child welfare, custody and divorce, juvenile justice, and education. Pregnancy is an especially telling case, a physical state that invites a future orientation toward...

The Center for Practice Innovations: A Resource for the Behavioral Healthcare Workforce

• By: Nancy H Covell, PhD Sapana R. Patel, PhD Paul J. Margolies, PhD Helle Thorning, PhD, LCSW Ilana Nossel, MD Columbia University Lisa B. Dixon, MD, MPH New York State Psychiatric Institute
• July 1st, 2019
• behavioral health workforce, continuing education, evidence-based practices, implementation support, integrated care, quality improvement, technical assistance, workforce training
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The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, established the Center for Practice Innovations at Columbia Psychiatry and New York State Psychiatric Institute (CPI) in 2007 to promote the widespread use of evidence-based practices developed...