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Point of View – Schizophrenia, The Mortality Gap, and Suicide
…deaths from non-natural causes—homicide, suicide, and accidents—with suicide being by far the most common. In fact, suicide is the leading cause of death of younger people with schizophrenia. And people…
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VNSW Mental Health Home Care Program: In Harmony with the Consumer Movement
…community in which they reside. Two main components to building a life in the community are housing and employment. Employment is an important component to assimilating into the community. For…
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Dr. John Ngai Named Director of NIH BRAIN Initiative
…Initiative® is managed by 10 institutes whose missions and current research portfolios complement the goals of the BRAIN Initiative: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, National Eye Institute, National…
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NIMH, Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Join Forces on PTSD Research
…and accompanying conditions. Since March 2003, about 1.6 million U.S. troops have been deployed to both countries (http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG720/). Moreover, screening of combat veterans on their return home and six months…
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VNSW Mental Health Home Care Program: Transitioning Back Home Following Hospitalization
…to support community integration for its patients. Adjunct services complementing the mental health component include home health aides, medical/surgical nurses, social workers and relevant rehabilitation therapies. This program has proven…
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Building a Responsive, Accountable, Recovery-Focused System of Care
…will be a resource for broader system transformation. In these times of tight budgets, it is encouraging that the mental health community in New York is coming together to redesign…
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The PTSD Patient: Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester Treats the “Whole Person”
…behavior. These feelings and behaviors are not just a passing phase and can be sufficiently severe to seriously interfere with the conduct of a sufferer’s life. And nowhere does this…
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The East New York Health Hub: A Model for Addressing Social Determinants of Health
…Communications, at Institute for Community Living (ICL). Footnotes Human Services Council, Commission on Value-Based Care, “Integrating Health and Human Services” 2018 World Health Organization, “About Social Determinants of Health,” https://www.who.int/health-topics/social-determinants-of-health#tab=tab_1…
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A Social Determinants Perspective of the Intersection of Ageism, Racism and Social Isolation During COVID-19
…to aging BIPOC communities. These innovations are examples of how we can leverage our on-going efforts and policy commitments to creating equity during a time when need has reached a…
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The NYSPA Report: American Psychiatric Association Approaches to Social Determinants of Mental Health
…discrimination and losses that vulnerable individuals and communities have suffered. Rates of death from COVID are higher in Black, LatinX, and Native American individuals. In certain communities, rates of drug…
