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Why Trauma Informed Care with Vulnerable Populations?
…be compromised in their ability to give informed consent (U.S. National Library of Medicine). There are many populations that fit this definition of a vulnerable population including: those with disabilities…
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βChildrenβs System of Careβ in Westchester County, New York
…Program Director, Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health and Executive Director, Family Ties of Westchester and Michael Orth, MSW, is Deputy Commissioner, Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health….
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Anti-Racist Organizational Transformation: Questions and Answers with Mary Pender Greene, LCSW- R, CGP and Alan Siskind, PhD
…undo racism and other forms of oppression. Discussing socialization biases regarding issues of class, wealth, and poverty. Examining institutional reasons for poverty focusing on relationships of institutions to poor communities…
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How Will Health Care Reform Affect Older Adults with Mental Health Problems?
…promotion and illness prevention measures Insurance reforms for older adults with employer-based health coverage, including coverage of pre-existing conditions, community rating, and maintenance of coverage during long illnesses Eligibility to…
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Point of View – Looking Back with Pride: Mental Health Policy in the 2nd Half of the 20th Century
…community, and to insist on their acceptance in the communities where they choose to live. Symbols, of course, are not actualities. High moral feelings are not achievements. And so we…
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Using Social Determinants of Health for the Field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
…persons with IDD but lack the data to present a compelling case. I would promote the idea that the framework of SDOH is a valuable way to examine the field…
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Deinstitutionalization Did Not Cause Homelessness: Loss of Low-income Housing and Disability Benefits Did
…oversimplify, some argued that state hospital beds should be re-opened, and some argued that the community services that had been promised as part of deinstitutionalization should be put in place….
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Behavioral Health During and After the Pandemic
…state hospitals, adult homes, community residences, supportive housing, etc. Standards should include routine testing/screening of workers and clients/patients, adequate protective gear, and more. Efforts should be redoubled to get tests…
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Recovery and Inclusion: A Viewpoint in Retrospect
…to save lives, opened the door to a wide range of interventions and a reexamination of approaches. The initiative to bring Recovery as “person-centered, life skills enhancement” to the community…
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Intersectionality in Behavioral Health: Serving Those with Membership in Multiple Stigmatized Groups
…wrapped in a box with a bow. We serve a diverse population of community members who each have unique and complex experiences and needs, inclusive of historically and presently stigmatized…
