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From the Publisher’s Desk “The Handshake of Hope”
…To fill the other lonely hours of his day he began attending a newly opened consumer-run drop-in center. He hoped that by keeping busy and sharing the comradery of others…
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It Takes a Village
…members, professionals from other systems, people from that child’s community and community-based organizations. Terms like “Home and Community Based Services” (HCBS), Coordinated Care, and Peer Support all stem from the…
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Promoting Cultural Competence to Address Health Disparities and Improve Health Outcomes
…and the communities where people live. Optum has demonstrated a commitment to monitoring and addressing these components of health and well-being across provider networks and services. An essential goal for…
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Addressing Workforce Challenges in Serving Individuals with Co-Occurring MI/IDD
…of four interrelated programs: Accreditation for programs, Competency-Based Clinical Certification, Competency-Based Dual Diagnosis Specialist Certification, and Competency-Based Direct Support Professional Certification. The NADD Accreditation Program NADD developed the NADD Accreditation…
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Developing Workforce Knowledge Through Technical Assistance
…Research, NYU School of Social Work. Meagan Baier, LMSW is a Project Manager and Analyst at the Institute for Community Living. Questions can be directed to Daniel Ferris at dan.ferris@nyu.edu….
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Increasing the Addiction Workforce: Fellowship Training in Addiction Medicine
…substance use disorders, and completed 50 hours of continuing medical education in the field of addiction. More recently, individuals can also become eligible through the completion of an ABAM accredited…
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Integrating Trauma and Addiction Treatment
…becomes a dangerous path to addiction. Addiction and trauma are not mutually exclusive, but for this population especially, the co-occurring disorders are common enough to necessitate specialized programming that integrates…
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Soldiers at Increased Suicide Risk After Leaving Hospital
…psychiatric treatment. However, researchers found that many factors contributed toward predicting suicide risk in this group, individually and in combination. This fact underscores the complexity of assessing suicide risk and…
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Behavioral Health Medical Homes: An Approach to Integrated Care
…of many: struggling with physical health diagnoses compounding behavioral health issues, the urge is to withdraw and ignore. The unsympathetic response of a fragmented health care system only worsens the…
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NIMH Director’s Blog: A New Research Agenda for Suicide Prevention
…on more than 60 national and international research experts and more than 700 individuals representing stakeholders in this research to identify priorities. We believe the Research Agenda gives us a…
