An Organization’s Multidimensional Response to the Economy

• By: Harvey I. Newman Wellspring
• October 1st, 2009
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When I reflect on the impact of the economy on mental health services, I find it impossible to describe the effect beyond the organization that I manage in Bethlehem, Connecticut. Wellspring is a nonprofit multi-service mental health organization that serves children, adolescents, young adults and...

Where Do We Go from Here? Follow-Up Care from Psychiatric Hospitalization

• By: Richard Beauvais, PhD Wellspring
• April 1st, 2009
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Psychiatric hospitalization is a disruptive event for any individual, especially for a child and family. However, brief the hospital stay – and stays are very brief these days – the person, the child, and the family has to cope with medications, restoring relationships, making an awkward and...